#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

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The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is subversive of the function of judicial review; and it is not the less so because the Court promises to allow it only when the Constitution is moved to the left. ↗

— Robert Bork

#because #change #congress #constitution #constitutional

April is a promise that May is bound to keep. ↗

— Hal Borland

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There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further. ↗

— Wernher von Braun

#further #go #i #i can #just

I can't be a wife. I'm not that sort of person. Wives have to compromise all the time. ↗

— Sarah Brightman

#i #person #sort #time #wife

What's important is promising something to the people, not actually keeping those promises. The people have always lived on hope alone. ↗

— Hermann Broch

#alone #always #hope #important #keeping

Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#beyond #costs #go #hypocrisy #intending

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#barter #benefit #compromise #enjoyment #every

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

You can never reach the promised land. You can march towards it. ↗

— James Callaghan

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