 | Daniel C. Palm - 1997 - 230 ページ
...equivalents for nominal favors, and yet being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There can be no 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 to discard. In offering to you,... | |
 | Richard C. Sinopoli - 1996 - 456 ページ
...equivalents for nominal favours and yet of being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate upon real favours from Nation to Nation. 'Tis an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought... | |
 | Richard Dowis - 2000 - 292 ページ
...the streams of commerce, but forcing nothing. . . . There can be no greater error than to expect to calculate upon real favors from nation to nation....In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels or an old and affectionate friend I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression... | |
 | Edward C. Luck - 2010 - 404 ページ
...pay with a portion of its independence for whatever it may accept under that character. . . . There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate...nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure. A balanced understanding of the founding father's words — with their subsequent Monroe Doctrine corollary... | |
 | George Washington - 1999 - 142 ページ
...look for disinterested favors from another. Farewell Address, Philadelphia, September 19, 179(5 There can be no 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 to discard. Farewell Address,... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1999 - 374 ページ
...thing more, from the obligation which justice nd humanity impose on every nation, in cases in which old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lusting impression I could wish ; that they will control the usual current of the passions, or prevent... | |
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There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard. 
