“A lot of people in 2008 voted for Obama. I did not vote for him. I voted for a third party. But I believed in Obama's promises.” PeoplePartyPromiseVoteThirdsThird Parties Author:Edward Snowden
“Democrats and Republicans were essentially the same party with different faces and that was why, no matter how many promises each leader made, significant change rarely transpired.” MadeDifferentMatterFacesPartyLeaderPromiseRepublicanDemocratSignificantSignificant ChangeDifferent Faces Author:James Morcan
“Safeguarding the interests of our Taiwan compatriots and expanding their well-being is the mainland's oft-repeated pledge and solemn promise of the new leaders of China's Communist Party central committee.” WellsInterestPartyLeaderPromiseChinaWell BeingCommunistCommitteesExpandingSolemnPledgeCommunist PartyTaiwanSafeguarding Author:Xi Jinping
“Marriage is a fight to the death. Before contracting it, the two parties concerned implore the benediction of Heaven because to promise to love each other forever is the rashest of enterprises.” TwoFightingHeavenPartyMarriageForeverPromiseConcernedEnterpriseLove Each OtherBenedictionContracting Author:Honore de Balzac
“I have met people that said when their friend was dying, they made them promise that their funeral would be a party without people sitting in silence and in sadness. They want to celebrate their life and the life they lived and I try to adhere to that more.” PeopleWantTryingMadeSaidWould BePartySilenceSadnessDyingPromiseMetsSittingCelebrateFuneralSitting In Silence Author:Andrew W.K.
“... we engage in politics because we don't know anything. This is clearly revealed in the way we go about it. Our parties exist from a fear of theory. The voter fears that one idea can always be contradicted by another. Therefore the parties reciprocally defend themselves against the few old ideas they have inherited. They don't live from what they promise, but from frustrating the promises of others. This is their silent community of interests.” KnowsWayIdeasPoliticsInterestCommunityPartyTheoryPromiseSilentVotersFrustratingOld Ideas Author:Robert Musil