...not be understood as capable of patronising infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs,...temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies." In a previous part of the same letter, Washington makes the following admirable and just remark : "...

...engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always me best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements...always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, on a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies....

...engagements, I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always me best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements...is unnecessary, and would be unwise to extend them, Taking1 care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, on a respectable defensive posture,...

...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 always the best policy. I repeat, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But, in my opinion, it is unnecessary,...

...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 always the best policy. I repeat, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But in my opinion, it is unnecessary,...

...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 the best policy. I repeat, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But in my opinion, it is unnecessary...

...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 me best policy. 1 repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But,...

...their genuine sense." For the future, "taking care to keep ourselves by suitable establishments on a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust...temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies." He did not, could not, of course, foresee a distant time when the world had shrunk so far militarily...

...not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs,...is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them. This text, which has been reproduced so often, continues to fascinate me. In one sense, it is only...

...steer clear of permanent alliances. . . . Taking care to keep ourselves by suitable establishments on a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust...temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies, [emphasis supplied by authors] Contrary to popular myth, nowhere did Washington use the word "isolation"...