A promise must never be broken

Quote by Alexander Hamilton

Topics: Commitment Quotes

In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by...

In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by...

It is the advertiser who provides the paper for the subscriber. It is not to...

It is the advertiser who provides the paper for the subscriber. It is not to...

In the main it will be found that a power over a man's support (salary)...

In the main it will be found that a power over a man's support (salary)...

Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will.

Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will.

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be...

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be...

The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to...

The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to...

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform...

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform...

In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation in every stage of...

In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation in every stage of...

" Ah, this is the constitution," he said. "Now, mark my words. So long as...

If circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any...

If circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any...

I think the first duty of society is justice.

I think the first duty of society is justice.

Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.

Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing

Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing

I think the first duty of society is justice

I think the first duty of society is justice

He who stands for nothing will fall for anything.

He who stands for nothing will fall for anything.

A promise must never be broken.

A promise must never be broken.

The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or...

The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or...

I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.

I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.

Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.

Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.