Fabian policy

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He had early accepted a Fabian policy and put his trust in Englishmen who shirked paying the price of maintaining the law they decreed.

From The Invisible Censor by Hackett, Francis

Of course, if the nation adopted the Fabian policy, it would be carried out by brute force exactly as our present property system is.

From Revolutionist's Handbook and Pocket Companion by Shaw, Bernard

He was famous for avoiding pitched battles and hence the term "Fabian policy."

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume II (of X) - Rome by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

The Fabian policy of General McClellan in the campaign of the succeeding winter is ably discussed.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 by Various

Grant pursued the Fabian policy of keeping his bat almost immovable and trusting to luck. 

From Mike by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)