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(1807-1870) General-in-Chief of the Confederate States army

Centralization of powers

The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.

Author Greg RavenPosted on June 11, 2017November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories collectivizationTags Robert E. Lee

Frankness, honesty, and courage

You must study to be frank with the world: Frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted that you mean to do right.

Author Greg RavenPosted on October 13, 2016November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories truthTags Robert E. Lee

“Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides.” — Thomas Paine

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