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.
Robert E. Lee
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It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.
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Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.
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I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
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It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.
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Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less.
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This war is not about slavery.
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A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.
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