 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1851 - 954 páginas
...understood as capable of pati snising infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no i, \ess applicable to public than to private affairs, that...it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in (heir genuine sense ; but in my opinion it is unnecessary, and would be unwise, to extend them. " Taking... | |
 | George Washington - 1852 - 76 páginas
...engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is the best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let those...unnecessary, and would be unwise, to extend them* 6 fur faf)tg fyalten, Untrenc gegen befietyenbe SBerbinb* Itcl)feiten in @rf)u& ju nefymem 3rf) I)alte... | |
 | Henry Winter Davis - 1852 - 456 páginas
...not be understood as capable of patronising infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to 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 is unnecessary... | |
 | Henry Winter Davis - 1852 - 466 páginas
...would be unwise to extend them. "Taking care always to keep ourselves by suitable establishments on a respectable defensive posture we may safely trust...temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies." It is not a little difficult to trace the connection between the text of Washington and the interpretation... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1853 - 466 páginas
...capable of patronising infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to publick than to private affairs, that honesty is always the...always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, on a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies.... | |
 | Joseph Bartlett Burleigh - 1853 - 354 páginas
...that honesty is [always]10" the best policy.) — [I repeat it therefore let those engagements] l03 be observed in their genuine sense. — But in my...always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, on a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to [temporary]104 alliances for extraordinary... | |
 | William Hickey - 1853 - 604 páginas
...engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always we best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements...in their genuine sense. But, in my opinion, it is minicessary, and would be unwise to extend them. Taking care always to keep ourselves, by suitable... | |
 | William L. Hickey - 1853 - 588 páginas
...maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always tne best policy. 1 repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed...in their genuine sense. But, in my opinion, it is unubcessary, and would be unwise to extend them. Taking care always to keep ourselves, by suitable... | |
 | 1853 - 514 páginas
...not be understood as capable of patronising infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. I repeat, theiefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But in my opinion, it is unnecessary,... | |
 | William Hickey - 1853 - 594 páginas
...not be understood as capable of patronising infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always tne best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense.... | |
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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... 
