Robert E. Lee Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"I have been up to see Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving."

by:	Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) General-in-Chief of the Confederate States army
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Reader comments about this quote:

Pretty accurate even today. -- Rhonda, Buckhannon
say ing the truth!!=] -- vane, leander
Thank God for elections -- Yankeechaser, Manassas Va.
I wish that this was all they did in the current Congress. -- jim k, Austin, Tx
A reoccurring nightmare. I have been up to see Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to participate in insider trading and promoting socialism, while the sovereigns of the once Republic are starving. -- Mike, Norwalk