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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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Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. – Hannah Arendt

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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyones letter. – Chinese Proverb

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We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot. – Abraham Lincoln

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Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers. – Nikita Khrushchev

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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. – Dutch Proverb

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