Can someone help me out on this quote? I believe is said by Robert E. Lee (open this question for more info)?

Question

it goes something like this: 'It is a good thing war is so terrible, or we would be too fond of it" Thats from memory, i was wondering if anyone can tell me the actual quote , since i know that this is close.

FYI this quote might have been said by Ulyssess S. Grant, or some other general... sorry i may be wrong with Robert E. Lee

Answer 1

"It is well that war is so terrible, or we should get too fond of it." - Robert E. Lee



Here is a link for proof.LL.

Answer 2

Robert E Lee said "It is a good thing war is so terrible; else we should grow too fond of it"

Answer 3

During the Battle of Fredricksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee was heard to say "It is good that war is such a terrible thing, else we would grow fond of it."

Answer 4

Robert E Lee It is well that war is so terrible, or we should get too fond of it.

Answer 5

It is well that war is so terrible — lest we should grow too fond of it.

Robert E. Lee

Answer 6

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Answer 7

"It is well that war is so terrible—we should grow too fond of it.” There is so much quotes on war like:If you are going through hell...keep going.”

Winston Churchill



“War and politics, you can't have one without the other.”

D. R. Eberhart



“The wars come and go in blood and tears; but whether they are bad wars, or what are comically called good wars, they are of one effect in death and sorrow.”

William Dean Howells, Silver Wedding Journey





“Preach the blessings of our deeply incorporated civilization by the mouths of our eight-inch guns.”

William Dean Howells, American Literary Centers



“Nothing except a battle lost can be half as melancholy as a battle won.”

Duke of Wellington



“Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.

Franklin D. Roosevlet



“I've got to go to meet God - and explain all those men I killed at Alamein.”

Field Marshall Viscount Montgomery in 1976.



“I thought dying for your country was the worst thing that could happen to you. I think killing for your country can be a lot worse. Because that's the memory that haunts.”

Bob Kerry



“They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist....”

General John Sedgwick, Union Commander, d. 1864 Killed in battle during US Civil War



“I always thought I was Jeanne d'Arc and Bonaparte. How little one knows oneself.”

Charles De Gaulle



“It is unpleasant business to eject a skunk, but someone has to do it.”

Chicago Tribune Editorial Board



“We will either find a way or make one.”

Hannibal



“I never advocated war except as a means of peace.”

Ulysses S. Grant



The site is www.sauruspress.com/lookback/worldwars/quotes.htm

Then its /worldwars/quotes.htm if it got cut off

there is way more quotes then this. Go to this site if you want to see. And it was Robert E. Lee.

Answer 8

It was General Lee and the quote is, “It’s a good thing that war is so horrible, lest we should grow too fond of it.”

Answer 9

"It is well that war is so terrible, or we should get too fond of it." - Robert E. Lee

Answer 10

You are corect lad.