Robert E. Lee Quote

I cannot consent to place in the control of others one who cannot control himself.


Comment regarding officers who became inebriated, as quoted in Personal Reminiscences, Anecdotes, and Letters of Gen. Robert E. Lee (1874) by John William Jones, p. 170


I cannot consent to place in the control of others one who cannot control himself.

I cannot consent to place in the control of others one who cannot control himself.

I cannot consent to place in the control of others one who cannot control himself.

I cannot consent to place in the control of others one who cannot control himself.