On the record
The President may pursue a temporizing policy; keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the heart, a half-hearted, a neither hot nor cold, a good Lord and good devil policy.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
Douglass critiques a potential policy of the President that lacks commitment, describing it as insincere and ineffective.
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