Promises
- A promise similar to an oath
- A promise to donate funds, as in a pledge drive
- Taxpayer Protection Pledge, a promise by politicians to oppose tax increases
- The Pledge (New Hampshire), a similar promise first used in New Hampshire
- Pledge of Allegiance, an oath of loyalty to the United States
- Singapore National Pledge, an oath of allegiance to Singapore
- A commitment to abstain from alcohol, popularized by Theobold Mathew and currently in use by Hope UK
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Famous quotes containing the word promises:
“Show business offers more solid promises than Catholicism.”
—John Guare (b. 1938)
“The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension. He does not make a speech; he takes a low business-tone, avoids all brag, is nobody, dresses plainly, promises not at all, performs much, speaks in monosyllables, hugs his fact. He calls his employment by its lowest name, and so takes from evil tongues their sharpest weapon. His conversation clings to the weather and the news, yet he allows himself to be surprised into thought, and the unlocking of his learning and philosophy.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Anarchism is the only philosophy which brings man the consciousness of himself; which maintains that God, the State, and society are non-existent, that their promises are null and void, since they can be fulfilled only through man’s subordination.... The individual is the heart of society, conserving the essence of social life; society is the lungs which are distributing the element to keep the life essence—that, is, the individual—pure and strong.”
—Emma Goldman (1869–1940)