OXFORD 9000
📚 phrase • entry_id 60833

trust, but verify

Meanings (ES + gloss)
confía, pero verifica
One should have general faith in the benevolent intentions of others, but ultimately one can only rely on things that have been verified.
Before affixing his signature, Reagan also told the Soviet leader — and reassured congressional conservatives worried about Kremlin compliance — that he would follow the Russian ad…
If I had blindly fulfilled her first request, it would have inconvenienced many other users and wouldn't have solved the problem. Never forget this phrase - “trust, but verify.”
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