 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 Life of George Washington ... - Seite 191von Aaron Bancroft - 1855Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Felix Gilbert - 1961 - 188 Seiten
...of patronising infidility to existing engagements, ( I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the...to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, on a respectably defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies.... | |
 | 1980 - 272 Seiten
...capable of patronizing 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... | |
 | Myres S Mac Dougal, William Michael Reisman - 1985 - 490 Seiten
...capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the...is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them. This text, which has been reproduced so often, continues to fascinate me. In one sense, it is only... | |
 | Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, Kathleen Hall Jamieson - 1990 - 285 Seiten
...it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. . . . [L]et those engagements be observed in their genuine...is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them. 53 Two metaphorical patterns support this vision of the Union. On the one hand, it is an organism.... | |
 | Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, Kathleen Hall Jamieson - 1990 - 285 Seiten
...it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. . . . [L]et those engagements be observed in their genuine...opinion it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them.53 Two metaphorical patterns support this vision of the Union. On the one hand, it is an organism.... | |
 | Harry G. Summers - 1995 - 280 Seiten
...It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world. Taking care always to keep ourselves by suitable establishments...posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances or extraordinary emergencies. . . . The nation which indulges toward another an habitual hatred or... | |
 | Eugene V. Rostow - 1995 - 420 Seiten
...committed and should remain faithful, in its "genuine sense." But it would be unwise to extend that policy: "Taking care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, on a respectable defensive pos7. These quotations and those which follow are taken from Washington's final manuscript of his Farewell... | |
 | Matthew Spalding, Patrick J. Garrity - 1996 - 244 Seiten
...capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements (I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs that honesty is always the...is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them. 40. Taking care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments on a respectable defensive posture,... | |
 | Anders Breidlid - 1996 - 432 Seiten
...capable of patronizing 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... | |
 | Richard C. Sinopoli - 1996 - 456 Seiten
...capable of patronising infidility to existing engagements (I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the...to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, on a respectably defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies.... | |
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