Mangosuthu Buthelezi Quotes

Politicians make a lot of promises when they are campaigning, and they come to towns, and people get enthusiastic about them coming to their communities. And then they don't fulfill the promises.

When I got into politics, it was a shock. People promise all sorts of things and then never deliver.

I think Paul Martin doesn't mean what he says. He said he would clear this sort of thing up and he didn't do it.

In my case, I think people are surprised that I'm doing exactly what I said I was going to do when I ran, because that's not the typical politician.

Real Democrats don't make promises they can't keep.

The President has kept all the promises he intended to keep.

How do you trust a prime minister who said one thing before the elections and does exactly the opposite after the elections?

I can't compete with making promises you can't keep.

Politicians never keep all their promises.

People shouldn't be interested in me. They should be interested in me if I'm not doing what I promise.

I don't like it when people don't act on their words.

I've been looking at some video clips on YouTube of President Obama - then candidate Obama - going through Iowa making promises. The gap between his promises and his performance is the largest I've seen, well, since the Kardashian wedding and the promise of 'til death do we part.

People don't always do what they say they're going to do.

Almost every politician running for office comes out with a set of plans so that they can demonstrate how serious they are about fixing the state’s problems. But once the election is over and the candidate takes his or her oath, you rarely here a peep about those plans again. They end up on a shelf somewhere gathering dust.

A politician is well-qualified if his promises are, too.

Americans are used to the clatter of campaign promises hitting ground as they are thrown out the window.

I have supported a great many who promised to do things that I thought ought to be done, who proved faithless to their promises.

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.

The last thing we want is to make people think we're going back on our word.

I haven't been in Washington long, but I have learned that it is a place filled with people who say one thing to get elected and do the opposite once they get there.

If you add up all the promises any politicians makes, the math doesn't work.

Always, always make good on what you say.

If he doesn't follow through with actions, he's either selfish or a liar. Neither makes him sound like The One, does it?

I'm not one to say I'm gonna do something and not do it.

You can't make promises you can't keep.