Advertisment:Claim: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said, “Robert E. Lee was a man who understood the values of a region which he represented. This pairing brought to mind a claim that former Democratic U.S. President Jimmy Carter once heaped praise on both Lee and King in a speech. He then said about Lee:And the other person who was born in January was a great leader, Robert E. Lee. Robert E. Lee was a man who understood the values of a region which he represented. And he said on one occasion that the word that was the most sublime in the English language was "duty"— duty to our country, duty to our region, duty to our neighbors, duty to the high standards spoken to us by God.

Source: Washington Post January 16, 2023 21:30 UTC