 It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world ; so far I mean as we are now at liberty to do it ; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the...  The Making of America - Page 1by Robert Marion La Follette - 1904Full view - About this book
 | American Orators - 1857 - 668 pages
...do it ; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than...private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their gennine sense. But, in my opinion,... | |
 | Felix Gilbert - Biography & Autobiography - 1961 - 188 pages
...it — for let me not be understood as capable of patronising infidility to existing engagements, ( I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than...private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy) — I repeat it therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. — But in my... | |
 | United States - 1980 - 272 pages
...do it ; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than...private affairs that honesty is always the best policy. I repeat, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But in my opinion it... | |
 | Myres S Mac Dougal, William Michael Reisman - Law - 1985 - 490 pages
...literature between the morality of individuals and the morality of states. He renounces the ration d'etat: "I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs ..." This is a precept to which many Americans would still adhere in spite of the number of times history... | |
 | Hans Ester, Hans Hecker, Erika Poettgens - Europe, Central - 1993 - 372 pages
...von George Washington, in seiner Abschiedsadresse vom 17. September 17% an das Volk, beherzigen: / hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs that honesty is the best policy. Man wird auch alle jene äußeren Formen einführen und respektieren müssen, die... | |
 | Various - History - 1994 - 676 pages
...to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than...private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But, in my opinion,... | |
 | Charles W. Freeman, Jr. - 1995 - 616 pages
...diplomatic life, where no two ambassadors represent identical interests." Charles W. Thayer, 1959 Honesty: "I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private life that honesty is always the best policy." George Washington Honor "A really great people, proud... | |
 | Matthew Spalding, Patrick J. Garrity - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 244 pages
...to do it, for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements (I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than...private affairs that honesty is always the best policy). I repeat it therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But in my opinion,... | |
 | Louise B. Moll - Games & Activities - 1996 - 132 pages
...There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. -Graham Greene I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than...private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. -George Washington March 22 Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut. -Korean... | |
 | Anders Breidlid - Art - 1996 - 432 pages
...to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than...private affairs that honesty is always the best policy. I repeat, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But in my opinion it... | |
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