Saturday, August 19, 2017

Franklin Delano Roosevelt on Robert E. Lee


I am very happy to take part in this unveiling of the statue of General Robert E. Lee. All over the United States we recognize him as a great leader of men, as a great general. But, also, all over the United States I believe that we recognize him as something much more important than that. We recognize Robert E. Lee as one of our greatest American Christians and one of our greatest American gentlemen.

~ President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1936

at the dedication of the Robert E. Lee statute in Dallas, Texas. [Political Insider]

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