“Presidents are afraid to lose wars. They're afraid to be outflanked on the right by the militarists. They don't want to be seen as soft on either communism or soft on terrorism or whatever. So presidents are constantly tugged away from their domestic commitments to foreign policy.” WantWarPresidentLosesPolicyCommitmentTerrorismCommunismForeign Policy Author:Bill Moyers
“I think that at a certain stage those early ambitions burn away, partly because you achieve something, you get something done, you get some notoriety. And then the particularities of who you are and what your deepest commitments are begin expressing themselves. You're not just chasing the idea of "me" being important, but you, rather, are chasing a particular passion.” ThinkingImportantIdeasDoneCertainPassionAchieveStageParticularAmbitionCommitmentWho You AreChasingNotoriety Author:Barack Obama
“I am not in the habit of supporting people who attack my wife and attack my father. That was not a blanket commitment that if you go and slander and attack Heidi that I'm going to nonetheless come like a servile puppy dog and say thank you very much for maligning my wife and maligning my father.” PeopleIfsFatherWifeDogHabitCommitmentMy WifeBlanketPuppySlanderSaying Thank YouPuppy DogHeidi Author:Ted Cruz
“We need a broad commitment to human rights across the board. We cannot attain that simply by protecting one oppressed group or the other.” NeedsHumansRightsGroupsCommitmentHuman RightsBoardsBroadsOppressed Author:Jill Stein
“If you really believe and really make a commitment, anything can happen.” IfsBelieveHappensCommitmentAnything Can Happen Author:Yoshiki
“It's probably why the 330,000 members of the fraternal order of police endorsed Donald Trump as the next president of the United States of America, because they see his commitment to them.” StatesAmericaOrderNextPresidentUnitedUnited StatesTrumpMembersCommitmentPoliceUnited States Of AmericaFraternal Author:Mike Pence
“I've always had a great interest in sports that embody the values of commitment, hard work and teamwork - all values I strongly believe in.” BelieveHardValuesSportsInterestHard WorkCommitmentTeamwork Author:Giorgio Armani
“A great deal remains to be done in Afghanistan and the jury is out as to whether the international community has the commitment and the patience to see the rebuilding process through.” DoneProcessCommunityDealsCommitmentRemainsInternationalAfghanistanJuryInternational CommunityRebuilding Author:Khaled Hosseini
“I was quite interested to do television series and I started exploring an idea of a longer commitment, a new idea, a new TV show that would've meant a longer commitment but I opened my mind up.” MindIdeasShowsTelevisionTvsCommitmentSeriesNew IdeasExploringTv Shows Author:Ewan McGregor
“Many people functionally share this belief that work has no greater meaning than the paycheck it provides. A natural consequence of this faith commitment is the belief it's okay to do mediocre work so that in your free time you can enjoy your true passions.” PeoplePassionBeliefEnjoyNaturalGreaterShareCommitmentConsequenceOkayMediocrePaychecksFree TimeNatural ConsequencesTrue Passion Author:David Kim
“I am on record as saying that we need to put more money into the Social Security Trust Fund. That's part of my commitment to raise taxes on the wealthy.” NeedsSocialRecordsSecurityTaxesCommitmentRaisesFundWealthyMore MoneySocial SecurityTrust Funds Author:Hillary Clinton
“I'm reaching out to all Americans - Democrats, Republicans, and independents - because we need everybody to help make our country what it should be, to grow the economy, to make it fairer, to make it work for everyone. We need your talents, your skills, your commitments, your energy, your ambition.” NeedsShouldCountryHelpingEnergyGrowsEconomyTalentRepublicanSkillsAmbitionCommitmentDemocratOur CountryReachingReach Out Author:Hillary Clinton
“The relations between countries in the coming decade are most likely to reflect their cultural commitments, their cultural ties and antagonism with other countries.” CountryCommitmentRelationDecadesTiesOther CountriesAntagonism Author:Samuel P. Huntington
“I'm totally in favour of meeting our Paris commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But I don't think we should do that by making ourselves uncompetitive.” ThinkingShouldCommitmentMeetingsParisGasFavourEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse Gases Author:Chris Alexander
“On the one hand, to suggest that white poll watchers are going to black communities threatening and provocative. On the other hand is to suggest that if that same line of vote is he also resists making a commitment to honor the winner of the campaign, that there is another agenda.” IfsHandsBlackCommunityLinesWhiteHonorCommitmentVoteCampaignsWinnerAgendasThreateningPollsProvocativeWatchersBlack Community Author:Jesse Jackson
“If marriage isn't something for me, but I like living with someone or being committed, I can choose this other path as long as she's okay with it but I would hardly say that that should be what other people do. Some people want that, that written paper, that commitment and that means something to them. And I don't in the least look down on it.” PeopleIfsWantShouldLooksMeanLongI CanPathWrittenPaperCommitmentOkayCommitted Author:Robert Greene
“We make the commitment to stop for a moment and look at what the mind is doing, what mind state we are dwelling in. We don't judge it, we just know it. Gradually we'll become more and more accustomed to being conscious of what we're thinking and our various positive and negative states. We'll become more and more the masters of our mind, rather than the slaves.” ThinkingKnowsMindLooksStatesMomentsJudgingMastersConsciousCommitmentNegativeSlaveVariousAccustomedDwelling Author:Tenzin Palmo
“The president [Barack Obama] asked for a commitment of, I think, 100,000 jobs for veterans and military spouses over the next couple of years. And we announced during the tour last week that we have gotten more than 60,000 jobs, and we're well on our way to just crashing that goal out of the water, because what businesses are understanding is that these men and women are some of the most highly trained resources that we have in this country.” ThinkingMenWayYearsWellsCountryJobsLastsNextUnderstandingGoalPresidentWaterWeekMilitaryCoupleMen And WomenCommitmentResourcesBarackSpouseVeteranPresident Barack ObamaMilitary Spouse Author:Michelle Obama
“We got a commitment that 3 million nurses are going to be trained to better identify these signs [of PTSD], because, you know, when these troops come home and they become veterans and they go back into the civilian community, they're not always going through the VA system for medical care. They're going to show up at community hospitals and clinics.” KnowsShowsHomeCareCommunityMillionsCommitmentMedicalComing HomeHospitalsNurseTroopsVeteranPtsdCiviliansClinicMedical Care Author:Michelle Obama
“We've gotten commitments from medical schools, from nursing schools, to step up and increase that pool of knowledgeable individuals.” SchoolIndividualStepsCommitmentIncreaseMedicalPoolNursingStep UpKnowledgeableMedical SchoolNursing School Author:Michelle Obama
“I think, as a historian, what strikes one the most about this [Donald'd Trump] program is just simply its nationalism, with his commitment to the redevelopment of American manufacturing and industrial jobs, providing jobs for the constituency that was so important in electing him.” ThinkingImportantJobsTrumpCommitmentProgramStrikesNationalismHistorianProvidingManufacturing Author:Judy Woodruff
“I am confident that just as a America`s commitment to the transatlantic alliance has endured for seven decades, whether it`s been under a Democratic or Republican administration, that commitment will continue including our pledge and our treaty obligation to defend every ally.” AmericaRepublicanCommitmentDemocraticSevenIncludingDecadesObligationAdministrationAlliesAlliancesPledgeTreaties Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“All of the barriers to innovation in the energy sector are arguments for a big commitment to public investment. Only the public sector can make the kind of long-term, common investments that we need to overcome those barriers to innovation.” NeedsKindLongBigsEnergyTermCommonCommitmentArgumentOvercomingInnovationInvestmentLong TermBarriersPublic Sector Author:Ted Nordhaus
“We have got to mobilize people and rethink our commitment in terms of what our role is in the political process.” PeoplePoliticalProcessTermRolesCommitment Author:Bernie Sanders
“[Malcolm X] shared with Marcus Garvey a commitment to building strong black institutions. He shared with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a commitment to peace and the freedom of racialized minorities.” StrongBlackBuildingKingsCommitmentInstitutionsMinoritiesDrsLutherDr Martin Luther King Author:Manning Marable
“Malcolm X never renounced and never stepped away from a strong commitment to black nationalism and black self-determination. That's absolutely clear if you do any analysis of his speeches.” IfsSelfStrongBlackClearSpeechCommitmentDeterminationAnalysisNationalismSelf DeterminationBlack Nationalism Author:Manning Marable
“Self-judgment continues to arise - it's a strong habit - but the fact that I made a conscious commitment to recognize it has helped me stop feeding the story of being unworthy.” MadeSelfFactsStoriesStrongHabitJudgmentConsciousCommitmentAriseFeedingUnworthy Author:Tara Brach
“The First Man is [Albert Camus] posthumous last work. But in fact, in a certain way, it is his first, because in it you find the signs of his commitments, and of the whole way of writing as well. This mixture of austerity and sensuality, the will to speak for those not able to speak for themselves.” MenWayWritingFirstsWellsWholeFactsAbleLastsCertainSpeakCommitmentSensualityMixturesAusterityPosthumous Author:Catherine Camus
“[Albert Camus] always held a profound commitment [engagement], a real resistance to all totalitarianism.” RealCommitmentProfoundResistanceEngagementTotalitarianism Author:Catherine Camus
“Certainly we must combine forces . South African troops are within the country.We raised this matter with Mrs [Margaret] Thatcher and Lord [Peter] Carrington when we met them and we wanted to get from them a definite commitment that they were going to get the South African troops out.” CountryMatterWantedForceLordMetsCommitmentSouthRaisedPeterTroopsSouth AfricaDefinite Author:Robert Mugabe
“I would like to say something deeper, but for me, I saw a production of "Fences" in Rhode Island and a fabulous actress played Rose, but when she first came on the stage she was mad. You could just see it. She was all, "Troy stop!" So by the time you get to the revelation scene, I didn't think she loved him, so there was no loss. I think that the real tragedy and the real drama or the thing that makes you lean in is to see the love, to see the commitment. To see the fact that Rose is invested in this marriage no matter what.” ThinkingFirstsRealMatterFactsLossSawsStageDramaSceneCommitmentTragedyNo Matter WhatMadRoseProductionsDeeperActressesIslandsRevelationsFenceFabulousRhode Island Author:Viola Davis
“Our foreign ministries will simply need to sort out some purely technical matters. I see no political restraints here. The same applies to economic matters. We, on our part, are ready. However, let me repeat once again, given that Japan has joined the anti-Russian sanctions, how ready is Japan and how can it do that without breaching its commitments to its allies? We do not know the answer. Only Japan itself knows the answer.” KnowsNeedsMatterPoliticalGivenAnswersEconomicReadyCommitmentLet MeRepeatsJapanAlliesMinistryRestraintSanctions Author:Vladimir Putin
“As a rule, [populism] is done for the sake of political expediency by those who do not care about the consequences, who do not think even one step ahead, who do not want to think and do not intend to honour their commitments.” ThinkingWantDoneCarePoliticalStepsCommitmentConsequenceSakeHonourPopulismExpediency Author:Vladimir Putin
“Once I made the commitment to fully live my religion, it was never a problem.” MadeProblemCommitment Author:LaVell Edwards
“The difficulty in living our religion is when we haven't totally made the commitment necessary.” MadeHavensCommitmentDifficulty Author:LaVell Edwards
“There's another point that I wanted to mention here, particularly the engagement and commitment to Africa. For us Europeans, Africa as a neighboring continent is of prime importance. The development of African countries is in our very own vested interest.” CountryWantedInterestDevelopmentCommitmentImportancePrimeEngagementContinents Author:Angela Merkel
“[Fall of the Berlin Wall] is a reminder that the commitment of the United States, to Europe is enduring and it's rooted in the values we share; our commitment to democracy, our commitment to rule of law, our commitment to the dignity of all people in our own countries and around the world.” PeopleWorldCountryStatesLawValuesFallUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyShareWallCommitmentEuropeDignityEndureAround The WorldRootedRemindersBerlinRule Of LawBerlin Wall Author:Barack Obama
“Of course we [with Angela Merkel] discussed our commitment to meeting shared security challenges from countering cyber threats to ensuring that Iran continues to live up to the terms of the Iran nuclear deal.” CoursesTermChallengesDealsSecurityCommitmentThreatMeetingsNuclearIranCyberAngela Author:Barack Obama
“As Iraqi forces continue the liberation of Mosul, I'm pleased that NATO will be meeting the commitment we made in Warsaw to begin training additional forces in Iraq.” MadeForceTrainingCommitmentMeetingsIraqLiberationNatoWarsaw Author:Barack Obama
“Angela [Merkel] and I also agreed the need for a comprehensive and humane response to the devastating humanitarian crisis in Syria and for the influx of migrants and refugees from around the world. We need to build on the progress achieved at the U.N. Refugee Summit, which yielded new commitments from some 50 nations and organizations.” WorldNeedsNationsProgressCommitmentOrganizationCrisisResponseHumanitarianAround The WorldSyriaRefugeeSummitHumaneComprehensiveMigrantsAngela Author:Barack Obama
“We have not always been in sync on every issue in terms of our core values, in terms of her integrity, her truthfulness, her thoughtfulness, [Angela Merkel] doing her homework, knowing her facts, her commitment to looking out for the interests of the German people first, but recognizing that part of good leadership on behalf of the nation requires engaging the world as a whole, and participating effectively in multilaterally institutions, I think she's been outstanding.” PeopleThinkingWorldFirstsWholeFactsValuesNationsTermInterestKnowingIssuesIntegrityCommitmentInstitutionsCoreEngagingRecognizingBehalfOutstandingHomeworkTruthfulnessParticipatingGood LeaderCore ValuesThoughtfulnessAngelaGood LeadershipSync Author:Barack Obama
“I am encouraged by the president-elect's [Donald Trump] insistence that NATO is a commitment that does not change. And his full commitment to NATO as the foundation for our international security I think is very important.” ThinkingDoeImportantPresidentSecurityTrumpCommitmentFoundationInternationalNational SecurityNatoInsistence Author:Barack Obama
“I've always viewed the Paris Agreement as a starting point. If you look at all the commitments that have been made by all the countries, it's still not sufficient to deal with the very dangerous situation we face. What it has done is that it created an architecture whereby as technology improves, as we find new clean sources of energy, as we make our economies more efficient, then gradually we can turn up the dial and improve the outcomes of Paris.” IfsLooksHas BeensMadeStillsCountryDoneFacesTurnsEnergyDealsSituationTechnologyEconomyDangerousSourceCommitmentCleanStartingArchitectureParisOutcomesSufficientAgreementEfficientStarting PointDangerous Situations Author:Barack Obama
“It's closer to just acting in a film because it was a six-month commitment. We got to fly all over the world.” WorldFilmActingMonthsSixCommitmentSix Months Author:Alan Tudyk
“I want to tell you that Israel is a democracy and every citizen is automatically registered to vote. There's a commitment in our declaration of independence, guaranteed under Israel's law, that all our citizens, Arab and Jews, alike, have the right to vote.” WantLawDemocracyCitizensCommitmentVoteIndependenceJewIsraelDeclarationDeclaration Of IndependenceRight To Vote Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“It was very much an Australian/New Zealand initiative to have a nuclear free South Pacific. And the Americans were very apprehensive about this. So, I explained to them that, as far as I was concerned, this didn't involve any diminution in our commitment to the ANZUS relationship. But David Lange took it further and he barred visits of US nuclear warships to New Zealand.” CommitmentConcernedSouthNuclearInitiativeAustralianPacificNuclear WarNew ZealandWarships Author:Bob Hawke
“It doesn't seem to be that huge a commitment that would create, you know, some kind of really powerful constituency. But the history has been for the United States and Russia especially that nuclear weapons have kind of become part of the identity of the countries.” KnowsKindHas BeensCountryStatesSeemsUnitedPowerfulUnited StatesIdentityHugeWeaponsCommitmentNuclearRussiaNuclear WeaponsReally Powerful Author:John Burroughs
“The United States says "We're complying. We're following the disarmament obligation. Look at the quantitative reductions that are taking place." But, since '96, there really hasn't been progress on specific commitments that have been made. Perhaps most disturbing is this: that the United States and France in particular, since 1996, have expanded the range of circumstances under which they might use - they say they might use - nuclear weapons.” LooksHas BeensMadeStatesUseMightUnitedUnited StatesProgressParticularCircumstancesWeaponsCommitmentFollowingNuclearObligationFranceRangeNuclear WeaponsDisturbingReductionDisarmamentMight UseComplying Author:John Burroughs
“The commitment to international agreements is embodied, it's found in the U.S. Constitution. Article Six of the U.S. Constitution provides that treaties of the United States are part of the supreme law of the land along with the constitution itself and laws passed by Congress. Well, the US government certainly has not been acting in recent years as if treaties were part of the supreme law of the land.” IfsYearsWellsStatesGovernmentLawFoundUnitedActingUnited StatesLandSixCommitmentConstitutionInternationalCongressSupremeAgreementArticlesTreaties Author:John Burroughs
“The commitment to give of yourself and the knowledge that the time is right are what's important. The thing is, I suppose, a younger person may not correctly divine the right time, because of lack of life experience, so the older woman may have the advantage of truly knowing if it's right or not.” IfsGivingMayPersonsImportantKnowingDivineCommitmentAdvantageLife ExperienceRight TimeWhat's ImportantOlder Women Author:Iman Abdulmajid