#promise

As to the Indians, the guiding principle was, promise them anything just so long as they get out of the way. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#get #guiding #indians #just #long

When I handed over the names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union, I had come to the conclusion that the loss of these sources to the U.S. would not compromise significant national defense, political, diplomatic interests. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#cia #come #compromise #compromised #conclusion

2005 opens with the promise of a number of substantial direct private investments that can swiftly transform the economy and set all sectors on a pronounced upward curve. ↗

— Baldwin Spencer

#direct #economy #investments #number #opens

A promise must never be broken. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

#must #never #promise

Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#adversary #compromise #conflicting #deprived #due

This November, with the re-election of President Barack Obama, this generation of Americans will ever expand upon the hope, the truth and the promise of America. ↗

— Cory Booker

#barack #barack obama #ever #expand #generation

Let God's promises shine on your problems. ↗

— Corrie Ten Boom

#problems #promises #shine #your

It's not that I'm not willing to compromise. But I won't compromise on principles. ↗

— Ann Marie Buerkle

#i #principles #willing #won

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#compromise #fall #get #herself #impossible

You cannot live on other people's promises, but if you promise others enough, you can live on your own. ↗

— Mark Caine

#enough #live #other #others #own