Fabian policy
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Inaction -- N. inaction, passiveness, abstinence from action; noninterference, nonintervention; Fabian policy, conservative policy; neglect &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
He did not approve of the "Fabian policy" of Joseph E. Johnston.
From Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage by Stovall, Pleasant A.
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
By a Fabian policy of watching, waiting, warding, and assaulting at the right moment.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 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)
