Unfulfilled Pledges Quotes

In the first place, you shouldn't believe in promises. The world is full of them: the promises of riches, of eternal salvation, of infinite love. Some people think they can promise anything, others accept whatever seems to guarantee better days ahead, as, I suspect is your case. Those who make promises they don't keep end up powerless and frustrated, and exactly the fate awaits those who believe promises.

In terms of the Patriot Act, and all the other things he has pledged he would do, such as transparency in government,[Barack] Obama has reneged on his promises.

Political campaigns are the graveyard of real ideas and the birthplace of empty promises.

Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme.

How useless oaths are has been shown by experience.

It is easy to promise, and alas! How easy to forget!

The good and the bad news is that politicians rarely do what they say they are going to do when they campaign.

Sometimes people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them.

Better a broken promise than none at all.