#promise

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions. ↗

— Barack Obama

#actions #around #best #best intentions #country

We will keep the promise of Social Security by taking the responsible steps to strengthen it - not by turning it over to Wall Street. ↗

— Barack Obama

#over #promise #responsible #security #social

I mean enormous pressure was brought to bear - Valerie Amos, Lady Amos, went round Africa with people from our intelligence services trying to press them. I had to make sure that we didn't promise a misuse of aid in a way that would be illegal. ↗

— Clare Short

#aid #bear #brought #enormous #enormous pressure

We have to ensure that our immigration system works in the interests of Britain, enabling us to make a realistic promise to our young school-leavers. It is part of our contract with the British people. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#british #british people #contract #enabling #ensure

Imagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest 20% of the population into the richest 20% than remain in the poorest bracket within the decade? You don't need to imagine it. It's called the United States of America. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#bracket #called #decade #imagine #into

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#men #promise #young #young men

I was promised on a time - to have reason for my rhyme; From that time unto this season, I received nor rhyme nor reason. ↗

— Edmund Spenser

#nor #promised #reason #received #rhyme

What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#america #people #promise #simple #very

But to put out a greatest hits on one CD was totally impossible, I just couldn't do it. The best compromise was to put out two CDs - Early Days - which is what it is - and Latter Days. ↗

— Jimmy Page

#cd #cds #compromise #days #early

You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

#before #constitute #day #divine #entire