“The concept of guilt is found most powerfully developed even in the most primitive communal forms which we know... the man is guilty who violates one of the original laws which dominate the society and which are mostly derived from a divine founder; the boy who is accepted into the tribal community and learns its laws, which bind him thenceforth, learns to promise; this promise is often given under the sign of death, which is symbolically carried out on the boy, with a symbolical rebirth.” KnowsMenFormLawFoundGivenCommunityBoysDivineHe ManPromiseConceptsOriginalsGuiltAcceptedGuiltyMost PowerfulPrimitiveFoundersRebirth Author:Martin Buber
“We as a people, as a state, and as a community, have too much promise, too much potential, and too much at stake to go any other way than forward. We are too strong in our hearts, too innovative in our minds, and too firm in our beliefs to retreat from our goals.” PeopleWayMindHeartStatesBeliefStrongGoalCommunityToo MuchPromiseFirmStakesRetreatInnovative Author:Bill Richardson
“... 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
“I promise you: No American whose great-grandfather was born here is watching soccer. One can only hope that, in addition to learning English, these new Americans will drop their soccer fetish with time.” BornCommunityGenerationsPromiseIdeologySoccerGrandfatherFree SpeechI PromiseFetishGreat GrandfatherLearning English Author:Ann Coulter
“If we're going to prevent people from being susceptible to the false promises of extremism, then the international community has to offer something better and the United States intends to do its part.” PeopleIfsStatesCommunityUnitedUnited StatesPromiseOffersInternationalExtremismSomething BetterSusceptibleInternational CommunityFalse Promises Author:Barack Obama
“I promise, before God and my community, to seek reforms so that the powerful and corrupt are no longer above the law.” LawCommunityPowerfulPromiseReformI PromiseAbove The Law Author:Andrew Thomas
“Ultimately, strong branding is not just a promise to our customers,to our partners, to our shareholders and to our communities;it is also a promise to ourselves... in that sense, it is about using a brand as a beacon, as a compass, for determining the right actions, for staying the course, for evolving a culture, for inspiring a company to reach its full potential.” ActionCultureCoursesStrongCommunityCompanyPromiseCustomersPartnersBrandsEvolveStayingBrandingCompassOur CommunityShareholdersFull PotentialBeaconsRight Action Author:Carly Fiorina
“As a parish priest of the Church Of England I promise to look after everyone in the community, not just those who come to church, not just white people, not just the Christians.” PeopleLooksChristianCommunityChurchWhitePromiseEnglandPriestsI PromiseParishChurch Of EnglandParish Priest Author:Alan Green
“This time, we stay in our bodies and remember. An important part of the book [The Pleiadian Promise] is about forming new communities on this Earth plane within our human selves - and new communities within the universe.” HumansImportantBookSelfBodyEarthRememberUniverseCommunityPromisePlanes Author:Christine McCormick Day
“Managing the boundaries between work and the rest of our lives - family, community, and the private self - is now a much more daunting task. The good news is that there are ways to realize the promise of greater focus and presence on the moment for better performance and results, but it does take discipline and practice to get there.” MomentsRealizingCommunityFocusDisciplinePromiseBoundaries Author:Stewart D. Friedman
“I think there are some in the Democratic Party - not all - but I think there are some people in the Democratic Party that think that the immigration issue is more valuable to them unsolved. That it gives them something to talk about, that they can go back to Hispanic communities and make unrealistic promises every two years and win votes.” PeopleThinkingGivingYearsTwoWinningCommunityPartyIssuesPromiseVoteDemocraticValuableImmigrationTwo YearsDemocratic PartyHispanic Author:Marco Rubio
“Like other important immigrant communities, the Jewish experience in the United States represents the ideal of freedom and the promise and opportunity of America.” ImportantStatesAmericaOpportunityCommunityUnitedUnited StatesPromiseIdealsImmigrants Author:Jan Schakowsky
“The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico, Haiti or Canada, there must be one set of rules for everybody. We cannot welcome those to come and then try and act as though any culture will not be respected or treated inferior. We cannot look at the Latino community and preach 'one language.' No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.” TryingLooksAmericaCultureFightingLanguageCommunityPolicyPromiseTestsIraqImmigrationTreatedWelcomeCanadaShoreMexicoInferiorsLatinoHaitiImmigration Policy Author:Al Sharpton