#pledge

In view of our public pledges, we public officials can never again go before the public merely promising election reform. The time for promises is past. ↗

— Charles Edison

#before #election #go #merely #never

Great progress was made when arbitration treaties were concluded in which the contracting powers pledge in advance to submit all conflicts to an arbitration court, treaties which not only specify the composition of the court, but also its procedure. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

#also #arbitration #composition #concluded #conflicts

Obama ran on a platform of unmitigated optimism - a promise to usher in a brighter day for America. But there could hardly be a greater contrast between his pledge and his performance in office, between his commitment to the nation and his current abandonment of all hope. ↗

— David Limbaugh

#america #between #brighter #commitment #contrast

I made a fairly bold pledge that I wanted Virginia to be the energy capital of the East Coast. ↗

— Bob McDonnell

#capital #coast #east #east coast #energy

I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag, and to the Savior, for whose Kingdom it stands, one Savior, crucified, risen, and coming again, with life and liberty for all who believe. ↗

— Dan Quayle

#allegiance #believe #christian #coming #crucified

Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity. ↗

— Ellen Key

#duty #fidelity #itself #liberty #observation

The Pledge of Allegiance says, "liberty and justice for all". ↗

— Patricia Schroeder

#justice #liberty #pledge #says

Omitting the section of the Pledge that affirms these beliefs strips the message of its meaning. More than any political connotation, this is why the Pledge of Allegiance is more than incomplete without the words 'under God' and 'indivisible.' It is also empty. ↗

— Dan Coats

#allegiance #also #any #beliefs #connotation

Every phenomenon of nature was a word, - the sign, symbol and pledge of a new, mysterious, inexpressible but all the more intimate union, participation and community of divine energies and ideas. ↗

— Johann Georg Hamann

#divine #energies #every #ideas #inexpressible

Let us make a pledge now to help Fiji through this very important next stage of its journey. We can do this by promising to be patient, calm and tolerant and by respecting the views of others, even if we disagree with them. ↗

— Josefa Iloilo

#calm #disagree #even #fiji #help