Abandon your animosities and make your sons Americans!

Abandon your animosities and make your sons Americans!

Robert E. Lee

You cannot barter manhood for peace.

You cannot barter manhood for peace.

Ideas are easy to conceive, less easy to execute.

Ideas are easy to conceive, less easy to execute.

Read history, works of truth, not novels and romances

Read history, works of truth, not novels and romances

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

Never do the wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.

Never do the wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.

Marry...into a family that will enable your children to feel proud of both sides of the house.

Marry...into a family that will enable your children to feel proud of both sides of the house.

I would rather die a thousand deaths than surrender.

I would rather die a thousand deaths than surrender.

Alabama soldiers, all I ask of you is to keep up with the Texans!

Alabama soldiers, all I ask of you is to keep up with the Texans!

I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.

I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.

What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbours.

What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbours.

The dominant party cannot reign forever, and truth and justice will prevail at last.

The dominant party cannot reign forever, and truth and justice will prevail at last.

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.

I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.

I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.

Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future.

Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future.

It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.

It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.

The enemy never sees the backs of my Texans!

The enemy never sees the backs of my Texans!

I was too weak to defend, so I attacked

I was too weak to defend, so I attacked

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.