 | Martha Banta - 2003 - 448 strani
...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 strani
...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 strani
...keeping in view, that 'tis folly in one Nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its Independence for...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 strani
...in view, that 'tis folly in one nation to look for disinterested favors [from] ft another,— that it must pay with a portion of its independence for...given equivalents for nominal favours and yet of being repronched with ingratitude for not giving more. — There can be no greater error than to expect,... | |
 | Thomas L. Krannawitter, Daniel C. Palm - 2005 - 270 strani
...keeping in view, that 'tis folly in one Nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its Independence for...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... | |
 | Wardell Lindsay - 2006 - 24 strani
...constantly keeping in view that it is folly in one to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its independence for...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... | |
 | Ronald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West - 2007 - 358 strani
...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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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. 
