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“ The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy. ”

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

~ Robert E. Lee

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

~ Robert E. Lee

It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.

~ Robert E. Lee

Cadets can neither be treated as schoolboys or soldiers.

~ Robert E. Lee