Quote#Wisdom
It may be too much to expect that nations should be governed in their…
Quote byGeorge Stillman Hillard · 1808–1879
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose (1889), Life and Campaigns of George B. McClellan, Ch. 3.
English (original)
It may be too much to expect that nations should be governed in their relations towards each other by the precepts of Christian morality, but surely it is not too much to ask that they should conform to the code of courtesy and good breeding recognized among gentlemen in the intercourse of social life.
— George Stillman Hillard
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