Robert E. Lee Quotes About Duty

Quotes about: Duty

• I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace and harmony.

  Robert E. Lee

  Country, War, Believe

  Robert E. Lee (1904). “Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee”, p.97, Lulu.com

• Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less.

  Robert E. Lee

  Gratitude, Army, Wish

  John Esten Cooke, Robert E. Lee (2017). “General Robert E. Lee: The True Story of the Infamous “Marble Man”: The Life & Legacy of Robert E. Lee, Including & Personal Writings, Speeches and Orders”, p.43, Madison & Adams

• With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relative, my children, my home. I have, therefore, resigned my commission in the Army.

  Robert E. Lee

  Loyalty, Children, War

  Robert E. Lee, Ben Wynne (2004). “Recollections and Letters”, p.21, Barnes & Noble Publishing

• I did only what my duty demanded. I could have taken no other course without dishonor.

  Robert E. Lee

  War, Taken, Dishonor

  "Character: General Robert E. Lee". "The Civil War", Episode 6: Valley of the Shadow of Death, 1990.

• There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--the honor of the integrity of principle.

  Robert E. Lee

  Integrity, Honor, Principles

• As a general principle you should not force young men to do their duty, but let them do it voluntarily and thereby develop their characters.

  Robert E. Lee

  Character, Men, Principles

• Duty is the sublimest work in the English language.

  Robert E. Lee

  Language, Duty, English Language

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