 | Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, Kathleen Hall Jamieson - 1990 - 285 ページ
...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. . . . [L]et those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But in my opinion it is unnecessary... | |
 | Hans Ester, Hans Hecker, Erika Poettgens - 1993 - 372 ページ
...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 - 1994 - 676 ページ
...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...sense. But, in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them. Taking care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, on a respectable... | |
 | Charles W. Freeman, Jr. - 1995 - 616 ページ
...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... | |
 | Anders Breidlid - 1996 - 428 ページ
...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...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... | |
 | Matthew Spalding, Patrick J. Garrity - 1996 - 244 ページ
...trade. Referring in the Farewell Address to the existing engagements with France, Washington wrote that "I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than...affairs, that honesty is always the best policy." For Washington, a policy of honesty still left reasonable scope for interpretation of those obligations... | |
 | Louise B. Moll - 1996 - 132 ページ
...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 - 1996 - 432 ページ
...those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But in my opinion it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them. Taking care always to keep ourselves by suitable establishments on a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary... | |
 | Daniel C. Palm - 1997 - 230 ページ
...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...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... | |
 | Walter A. McDougall - 1997 - 316 ページ
...of permanent alhances with any portion of the foreign world, so far, I mean, as we are now at hberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidehty to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less apphcable to pubhc than to private affairs... | |
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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... 
