#pledge

Individuals have little opportunity to get elected to Parliament under the label of the government party... unless they are in good standing with the Prime Minister and pledged to be cooperative. ↗

— Stockwell Day

#elected #get #good #government #individuals

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag. ↗

— Jesse Ventura

#citizen #flag #more #much #patriot

I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever. ↗

— Al Gore

#education #ever #first #i #increase

I take the no-doughnut pledge, and then I break it. ↗

— Lauren Graham

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He would see civilization in danger of perishing under the oppression of a gigantic paradox: he would see multitudes of people starving in the midst of plenty, and nations preparing for war although pledged to peace. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

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But then, so far as I know, I am the only performer who ever pledged his assistants to secrecy, honor and allegiance under a notarial oath. ↗

— Harry Houdini

#am #assistants #ever #far #his

It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it possesses a certain quantity of knowledge. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#certain #conferred #degree #holds #knowledge

I pledge tonight to be Mayor for all of the people of this city - for one Chicago. ↗

— Jane Byrne

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And basically, the sense of the 'Pledge to America' is this: Republicans understand when we were in charge, we got fired in '06. We spent too much money. We defied the trust that the people had put in us. And we know that there is a better way. ↗

— Eric Cantor

#basically #better #better way #charge #defied

I still held fast to my determination to become a minister; it still seemed to me that that was my duty. I had pledged myself, in my prayers I had given my word to God. How could I therefore break my vow? ↗

— Pierre Loti

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