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Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making

Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible. – Hannah Arendt

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst expect the best and take what comes. – Hannah Arendt

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Power and violence are opposites where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its own course it ends in powers disappearance. – Hannah Arendt

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Breach of promise is a base surrender of truth. – Mohandas Gandhi

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The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday –but never jam today. – Lewis Carroll

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Promises and pie crusts are made to be broken. – Jonathan Swift

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