maxim

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China’s unprecedented military buildup demonstrates the military maxim that quantity has a quality all its own.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

There is an old maxim in trade theory that says free trade is the strategy of the confident.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

To rework Karl Marx’s famous maxim, sometimes historical events can be tragedy and farce at the same time, and repeat themselves in the same register.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

He’s living up to a realpolitik maxim attributed to various Latin American caudillos: For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

This looks to us like a principle, maxim, or rule of thumb, not a law, because it lacks specificity.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton