I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity.

Lee tells his troops. After four years of arduous service marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources.

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

Duty is the sublimest work in the English language.

Private and public life are subject to the same rules-truth and manliness are two qualities that will carry you through this world much better than policy or tact of expediency or other words that were devised to conceal a deviation from a straight line.

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

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.