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No wonder Americans hate politics when, year in and year out, they hear politicians make promises that won't come true because they don't even mean them - campaign fantasies that win elections but don't get nations moving again.: Bill Clinton (1946 - ), Detroit Economic Club, August 21, 1992
Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises; for never intending to go beyond promises; it costs nothing.: Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
Promises that you make to yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree - they bear no fruit.: Francis Marion (1732 - 1795)
One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises one makes.: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
He that promises most will perform least.: Gaelic Proverb
He who promises more than he is able to perform, is false to himself; and he who does not perform what he has promised, is a traitor to his friend.: George Shelley
You can make those promises with just as much passion the second time around. Such is the regenerative power of the human heart.: Marion Wink, O Magazine, 2003
When life seems chaotic, you don't need people giving you easy answers or cheap promises. There might not be any answers to your problems. What you need is a safe place where you can bounce with people who have taken some bad hops of their own.: Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, August 12, 2003
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.: Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Magnificent promises are always to be suspected.: Theodore Parker (1810 - 1860)


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