let-alone policy

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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

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

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

On this day, however, Mr.     Bright, Lord Granville, and Mr. Gladstone stood alone against the rest     of the Cabinet in supporting a let-alone policy.'

From The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius

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