#promise

Inauthenticity is endemic in American politics today. The political backrooms where I spent much of my career were just as benighted as my personal life, equally crowded with shadowy strangers and compromises, truths I hoped to deny. I lived not in one closet but in many. ↗

— James McGreevey

#american politics #benighted #career #closet #compromises

If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#cannibals #constituents #dinner #found #had

Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#bull #market #never #our #political

When one gets old and they are sick, there are not many things they can count on but they should be able to count on Social Security. Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#bear #bull #count #gets #many

Israelis and Palestinians are suspicious of each other and of promises from outside. But the need for a negotiated solution between the parties should not stymie international clarity and consensus about the endgame in terms of borders and other issues. ↗

— David Miliband

#between #borders #clarity #consensus #each

But recently it seems that each time I vote, I am being asked to compromise my conservative ideals and my commitment to the American taxpayer simply for the benefit of political gain. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#american #american taxpayer #asked #being #benefit

Our promise to our children should be this: if you do well in school, we will pay for you to obtain a college degree. ↗

— Ruth Ann Minner

#children #college #college degree #degree #obtain

You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements. ↗

— William Butler Yeats

#compromise #englishman #god #idea #know

To honor our national promise to our veterans, we must continue to improve services for our men and women in uniform today and provide long overdue benefits for the veterans and military retirees who have already served. ↗

— Solomon Ortiz

#benefits #continue #honor #improve #long

Education should be one of our top funding priorities; talking about it does not help the teachers and students who desperately need promises fulfilled. ↗

— Solomon Ortiz

#desperately #does #education #fulfilled #funding