"I AM NO MINISTER OF MALICE, BUT MAY MY TONGUE CLEAVE TO THE ROOF OF MY MOUTH IF I FORGET THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PARTIES TO THAT BLOODY CONFLICT. I SHALL NEVER FORGET THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE, AND THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR SLAVERY, BETWEEN THOSE WHO FOUGHT TO SAVE THE REPUBLIC AND THOSE WHO FOUGHT TO DESTROY IT."; “IS IT NOT ABOUT TIME THAT THIS BOMBASTIC LAUDATION OF THE REBEL CHIEF SHOULD CEASE?” FREDERICK DOUGLASS ON ROBERT E. LEE
