 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 ... - Page 191by Aaron Bancroft - 1855Full view - About this book
 | Alexis Poole - 1847 - 514 pages
...less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best poliey. I repeat, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their...unwise to extend them. Taking care always to keep qurselves, by suitable establishments, on a respectable defensive posture, wp щау safely trust to... | |
 | Jonathan French - United States - 1847 - 506 pages
...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,... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - Conduct of life - 1848 - 364 pages
...capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. 1 hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the...always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, in a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies.... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - Democracy - 1848 - 922 pages
...honesty is always the best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in (heir genuine sense ; but in my opinion it is unnecessary,...always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, in a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies."... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - Democracy - 1848 - 916 pages
...honesty is always the best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in (heir genuine sense ; but in my opinion it is unnecessary,..."Taking care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establish252 merits, in a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances... | |
 | John Frost - United States - 1848 - 424 pages
...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,... | |
 | Andrew White Young - United States - 1848 - 304 pages
...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,... | |
 | Indiana - 1849 - 520 pages
...of patron- ; izing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the...always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments in a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies.... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - Democracy - 1850 - 488 pages
...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...always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, in a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies."... | |
 | United States, William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1851 - 616 pages
...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...is unnecessary, and would be unwise to extend them. 229 Taking care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, on a respectable defensive posture,... | |
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