| Martha Banta - 2003 - 448 ページ
...intercourse with all nations" was his belief that the only true rule of conduct is to trust no one. "There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate upon real favours for Nation to Nation. — 'Tis an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to... | |
| Fatoumata Jawara, Aileen Kwa - 2004 - 424 ページ
...of negotiations. Source: WTO (200 le) SIX The gentle art of persuasion - arm-twisting and pay-offs There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favours from nation to nation.' George Washington This chapter goes a little further behind the scenes than the previous chapters in... | |
| Peter Augustine Lawler, Robert Martin Schaefer - 2005 - 444 ページ
...may place itself in the condition of having given equivalents for nominal favours and yet of being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There...calculate upon real favours from Nation to Nation. Tis an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard. In offering to you,... | |
| Washington Irving - 2005 - 417 ページ
...itself in the condition of having given equivalents for nominal favours and yet of being repronched with ingratitude for not giving more. — There can...calculate upon real favours from Nation to Nation. — 'Tis an illusion which experience must cure, which a Just pride ought to discard. In offering to... | |
| Thomas L. Krannawitter, Daniel C. Palm - 2005 - 270 ページ
...it may place itself in the condition of having given equivalents for nominal favors and yet of being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There...greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from Nation to Nation. Tis an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought... | |
| Wardell Lindsay - 2006 - 24 ページ
...may place itself in the condition of having given equivalents for nominal favors, and yet of being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There can be no greater error that to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience... | |
| Ronald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West - 2007 - 358 ページ
...declared woefully inadequate in the Articles of Confederation. President Washington warned Americans. "There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation."8 Yet the League of Nations. without the means of enforcing its decisions.... | |
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