let-alone policy

Example Sentences

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Sipsu's let-alone policy caused his wife to complain that she only of the women was without even a needle.

From North-Pole Voyages by Mudge, Zachariah Atwell

Who is so devout a believer in free speech and free trade and the let-alone policy in government, and the coming of the Millennium by steam?

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 by Various

In general, the let-alone policy of the last twenty-eight years is likely to continue, and there is every reason why it should.

From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by Merriam, George Spring

First: the let-alone policy; every man to look out for number one.

From Have faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed. A Collection of Speeches and Messages by Coolidge, Calvin

We have the let-alone policy, in puris naturalibus, and everything is truly let alone, but the property of the master.

From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore