| Alexis de Tocqueville - 1851 - 954 strani
...understood as capable of pati snising infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no i, \ess applicable to public than to private affairs, that...it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in (heir genuine sense ; but in my opinion it is unnecessary, and would be unwise, to extend them. " Taking... | |
| Henry Winter Davis - 1852 - 456 strani
...at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronising infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to...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... | |
| George Washington - 1852 - 76 strani
...at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is the best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense.... | |
| Aaron Bancroft - 1853 - 466 strani
...capable of patronising infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to publick than to private affairs, that honesty is always the...to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, on a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies.... | |
| 1853 - 514 strani
...at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronising infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to...that honesty is always the best policy. I repeat, theiefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But in my opinion, it is unnecessary,... | |
| William Hickey - 1853 - 594 strani
...at liberty to do it ; for let me not be understood as capable of patronising infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to...public than to private affairs, that honesty is always tne best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense.... | |
| 1980 - 272 strani
...at liberty to do it ; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to...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 strani
...literature between the morality of individuals and the morality of states. He renounces the ration d'etat: "I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs ..." This is a precept to which many Americans would still adhere in spite of the number of times history... | |
| Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, Kathleen Hall Jamieson - 1990 - 285 strani
...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 strani
...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.... | |
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