Christopher Dodd Quotes

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

I tend to feel if people say they're going to do something, they will, if given the chance.

The general population protect themselves by keeping promises

I want to make sure that I fulfill the promises that I made to New Mexicans. That's extremely important to me.

We don’t need any more promises. We need to start keeping the promises we already made.

A promise made should be a promise kept.

Keep every promise you make and only make promises you can keep.

I kept my promises.

Never promise more than you can perform.

If you say you're going to do something, you better damn well do it.

My dad just imprinted in my mind from a very young age that you always do what you say you're gonna do when you say you're gonna do it.

When you promise something, you must fulfill it.

Be true to your word. It’s very important.

There is no debt more lawful than the word of a just man nor anything which binds our actions more than a promise.

Do after election as before election you said you would.

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called upon to perform what we cannot.

People are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they are different.

Great nations like great men must keep their word.

I will make the further pledge now that if I find that I cannot keep my pledges I will resign.

Our government should not make promises we cannot keep. And we must keep the promises we have already made.

If I say I'm going to do something, I do it.

I have been public on this, and I firmly, firmly believe that this notion of accountability for what you promise as a leader is as important as your integrity.

It's not in my character to say what I'm going to do and how it's going to go.

I came from a family where if you say you're going to do something, then you do it, and you do it well.

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