Robert E. Lee

Another birthday worth noting this week.

"He possessed every virtue of other great commanders without their vices. He was a foe without hate; a friend without treachery; a soldier without cruelty; a victor without oppression; and a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without vices; a private citizen without wrong; a neighbor without reproach; a Christian without hypocrisy and a man without guile. He was a Caesar without his ambition; Frederick without his tyranny; Napoleon without his selfishness; and Washington without his reward."
— Senator Benjamin Hill

"Duty is the sublimest word in the language. You can never do more than your duty. You should never wish to do less."— Robert E. Lee