"I am of Virginia and all my professional life I have studied of Lee and Jackson" General Douglas MacArthur
"Always take care of the poor horses." -Robert E. Lee
"I felt so elated when I found myself in the ancient Dominion that I nodded to all the trees I passed."
-Robert E. Lee on his return home in 1840.
"Lee had one intimate friend - God." Gamaliel Bradford
"Go manfully to work, put your own shoulder to the wheel and be sure to cultivate those articles necessary for the support of yourself and family." R.E. Lee to one of his sons
"...the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded it." Robert E. Lee to Lord Acton regarding the Confederacy's loss and the resulting centralization of power.
"Private and public life are subject to the same rules." Robert E. Lee
"If you have any fault to find with anyone, tell him, not others, of what you complain; there is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back." Robert E. Lee's advice to his eldest and good advice for all Christian gentleman.
"The dominant party cannot reign forever, and truth and justice will prevail at last." R.E. Lee
"I did only what my duty demanded. I could have taken no other course without dishonor." R.E. Lee on why he fought.
More good quotes by Lee and others here
Funny how none of that stuff actually happened until 50 years later when another Virginian who worshiped Lee became president.