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Robert E. Lee on Memorial Day

1807–1870 United States

← All quotes by Robert E. Lee

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

We must forgive our enemies. I can truly say that not a day has passed since the war began that I have not prayed for them.

A Life of General Robert E. Lee (1871)

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