“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
“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. He continued with the policies of his predecessor.” PeoplePartyPolicyPromiseVoteThirdsPredecessorsThird Parties Author:Edward Snowden
“We have management questions. On increasing the basic state pension in line with earnings, because we have made a clear promise and said that the increase in the pension age has to be brought forward, that is an affordable and deliverable commitment from the Conservative Party.” MadeSaidStatesAgeLinesPartyClearPromiseCommitmentIncreaseManagementConservativeEarningAffordablePensionConservative Party Author:George Osborne
“A lot of people voted for Trump because of the promises he made around jobs. And so it's a failed political strategy if the goal actually is to get Trump impeached. Trump's not going to get impeached if he's still useful to the Republican party, and the only thing that makes him not useful to the Republican party is if his base turns on him. And that's not going to happen over Russia. That's going to happen over economic betrayal. But that's not going to happen if no one knows that it's happening.” PeoplePoliticalGoalPartyEconomicPromiseRepublicanStrategyBetrayalRepublican Party Author:Naomi Klein
“Donald Trump's campaign is as divisive as any we have seen in our lifetimes. It is built on stoking mistrust and pitting American against American. It`s there in everything he says and everything he promises to do as president. This man is the nominee of the Party of Abraham Lincoln. We are watching it become the party of Trump. And that`s not just a huge loss for our democracy. It is a threat to it, because Donald Trump`s campaign adds up to an ugly, dangerous message to America.” MenPresidentLossPartyDemocracyDangerousPromiseThreatLifetimeUglyMistrust Author:Hillary Clinton
“Donald Trump had probably the biggest mandate to do things of any recent president because of the specifics of his agenda and his campaign. So many times a day he announced what he was gonna do. So he was elected, he won; therefore, he's got a mandate. And his party is not assisting and not helping, and they're even violating promises they made for seven years on the repeal and replace Obamacare.” HelpingPresidentPartyPromiseSeven Author:Rush Limbaugh
“How many campaigns of your life have you heard candidates of both parties promise a fix for the Social Security system? And everybody's got a plan. Every damned candidate has had a plan, and yet it remains unfunded, biggest part of the budget, no end in sight, no solution has ever worked.” PartySecurityPromiseSolutions Author:Rush Limbaugh
“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
“Wake up now, look alive, for here is a day off work just to praise Creation: the turkey, the squash, and the corn, these things that ate and drank sunshine, grass, mud, and rain, and then in the shortening days laid down their lives for our welfare and onward resolve. There's the miracle for you, the absolute sacrifice that still holds back seed: a germ of promise to do the whole thing again, another time. . . Thanksgiving is Creation's birthday party. Praise harvest, a pause and sigh on the breath of immortality.” LooksStillsWholePartyAliveSacrificeCreationPromiseRainMiracleWake UpAbsolutesPraiseBreathsSeedsGrassImmortalityWelfareSunshineResolvePausesHarvestMudSighTurkeysCornDrankGermsDays OffSquashAnother TimeBirthday PartyWake Up Now Book:Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: Our Year of Seasonal Eating Source: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: Our Year of Seasonal Eating