{"author":"Robert E. Lee","author_id":"Robert+E.+Lee","total_quotes":39,"quotes":[{"text":"I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving.","author":"Robert E. Lee","tags":["army","see","congress "],"id":8093,"author_id":"Robert+E.+Lee"},{"text":"I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.","author":"Robert E. Lee","tags":["inspirational","leadership","self-control"],"id":22161,"author_id":"Robert+E.+Lee"},{"text":"What a cruel thing war is... To fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.","author":"Robert E. Lee","tags":["love","hatred","neighbors "],"id":71526,"author_id":"Robert+E.+Lee"},{"text":"You must study to be frank with the world: Frankness is the child of honesty and courage.","author":"Robert E. Lee","tags":["honesty","child","world "],"id":92426,"author_id":"Robert+E.+Lee"},{"text":"The devil's name is Dullness.","author":"Robert E. Lee","tags":["hell","devil"],"id":117738,"author_id":"Robert+E.+Lee"},{"text":"I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.","author":"Robert E. Lee","tags":["abstemiousness","drinking"],"id":119471,"author_id":"Robert+E.+Lee"},{"text":"We have fought this fight as long  and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us  as a Christian people  there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.","author":"Robert E. Lee","tags":["defeat"],"id":127143,"author_id":"Robert+E.+Lee"},{"text":"They seemed so united that I loved them as one person.' Lee wrote of his son and daughter-in-law on his daughter-in-law's death.","author":"Robert E. Lee","tags":["in-laws","marriage","unity"],"id":131646,"author_id":"Robert+E.+Lee"},{"text":"It is easier to make our wishes conform to our means than to make our means conform to our wishes.","author":"Robert E. Lee","tags":["acceptance","expectations"],"id":140954,"author_id":"Robert+E.+Lee"},{"text":"We have fought this fight as long  and as well  as we know how. We have been defeated ... There is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.","author":"Robert E. Lee","tags":["success"],"id":143572,"author_id":"Robert+E.+Lee"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":39,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}