All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be … - Robert E. Lee

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The snakes have their place in the agricultural economy of the village, but our villagers do not seem realize it.

Robert E. Lee

All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government as originally organized should be administered in purity and truth.

Administered, Government, Preserved, Purity, Union, Unions

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A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.

History, Liberty, Nation, Remember, Today, Yesterday

So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that Slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interest of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this that I would have cheerfully lost all that I have lost by the war, and have suffered all that I have suffered to have this object attained.

War, Believe, Slavery, Suffered, Object

Mr. Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If I owned the four millions of slaves in the South, I would sacrifice them all to the Union; but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native State?

History, Men, Millions, State, Sword, War

There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.

Age, Believe, Evil, Moral, Political

A land without memories is a people without liberty.

Memories, Military, Land, Liberty, People

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