True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another, and the motive which impels them — the desire to do right — is precisely the same.


Letter to General P.G.T. Beauregard (3 October 1865) - Letter to P.G.T. Beauregard (1865)

Robert E. Lee Quotes

True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another, and the motive which impels them...

True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another, and the motive which impels them...

True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another, and the motive which impels them...

True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another, and the motive which impels them...