Robert E. Lee Military Quotes

Quotes about: Military

• A land without memories is a people without liberty.

  Robert E. Lee

  Memories, Military, Land

• I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.

  Robert E. Lee

  Life, Hope, Country

  Robert E. Lee (2016). “The Life and Letters of Robert E. Lee (Abridged)”, p.206, BIG BYTE BOOKS

• The biggest mistake of my life was taking a military education.

  Robert E. Lee

  Military, Mistake, Cynical

• Many opportunities have been lost and hundreds of valuable lives uselessly sacrificed for want of a strict observance of discipline. Its object is to enable an army to bring promptly into action the largest possible number of its men, in good order and under the control of their officers. Its effects are visible in all military history, which records the triumphs of discipline and courage far more frequently than those of numbers and resources.

  Robert E. Lee

  Military, Numbers, Discipline

  "The Life and Letters of Robert E. Lee". Abridged,

• There is always hazard in military activity, but we must decide between the positive loss of inactivity and the risk of action.

  Robert E. Lee

  Military, Loss, Risk

• We cannot afford to be idle, and though weaker than our opponents in men and military equipments, must endeavor to harass, if we cannot destroy them.

  Robert E. Lee

  Military, War, Men

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