Pledge Quotes

I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
If a man could pass through Paradise in a dream, and have a flower presented to him as a pledge that his soul had really been there, and if he found that flower in his hand when he awake - Aye, what then? View quote
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The surest pledge of a deathless name Is the silent homage of thoughts unspoken. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine. View quote
Ben Jonson
Of my merit On thet pint you yourself may jedge All is, I never drink no sperit, Nor I haint never signed no pledge. View quote
James Russell Lowell
Great progress was made when arbitration treaties were concluded in which the contracting powers pledge in advance to submit all conflicts to an arbitration court, treaties which not only specify the composition of the court, but also its procedure. View quote
Ludwig Quidde
On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind. View quote
Dan Lipinski
The Pledge of Allegiance reflects the truth that faith in God has played a significant role in America since the days of the founding of our country. View quote
Randy Neugebauer
And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. View quote
Thomas Jefferson
I am a Canadian, a free Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship God in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind. View quote
John Diefenbaker
Safeguarding the interests of our Taiwan compatriots and expanding their well-being is the mainland's oft-repeated pledge and solemn promise of the new leaders of China's Communist Party central committee. (Xi Jinping)
And what a bizarre time we're in, Jan, when a judge will say to little children that you can't say the Pledge of Allegiance, but you must learn that homosexuality is normal and you should try it. View quote
Michele Bachmann
Nobody has seen the trekking birds take their way towards such warmer spheres as do not exist, or rivers break their course through rocks and plains to run into an ocean which is not to be found. For God does not create a longing or a hope without having a fulfilling reality ready for them. But our longing is our pledge, and blessed are the homesick, for they shall come home. View quote
Karen Blixen
Every mission constitutes a pledge of duty. Every man is bound to consecrate his every faculty to its fulfilment. He will derive his rule of action from the profound conviction of that duty. View quote
Giuseppe Mazzini
I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever. View quote
Al Gore
You only trust those who are absolutely like yourself, those who have signed a pledge of allegiance to this particular identity. View quote
Judith Butler
There is no global anthem, no global currency, no certificate of global citizenship, we pledge allegiance to one flag and that flag is the American Flag! View quote
Donald Trump
Beauty is a pledge of the possible conformity between the soul and nature, and consequently a ground of faith in the supremacy of the good. View quote
George Santayana
The cross of Christ is the pledge to us that the deepest suffering may be the condition of the highest blessing; the sign, not of God's displeasure, but of His widest and most compassionate face. View quote
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
I am willing to pledge myself that if the time should ever come that the voluntary agencies of the country together with the local and state governments are unable to find resources with which to prevent hunger and suffering ... I will ask the aid of every resource of the Federal Government.... I have the faith in the American people that such a day will not come. View quote
Herbert Hoover
To the families of special needs children all across this country I have a message for you: for years you have sought to make America a more welcoming place for your sons and daughters, and I pledge to you that if we're elected, you will have a friend, an advocate, in The White House. (Sarah Palin)
Congress should pass legislation to remove from the federal courts their jurisdiction to hear these outrageous challenges to the Ten Commandments and the Pledge of Allegiance. View quote
Phyllis Schlafly
Dear common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First pledge of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride uphold. View quote
James Russell Lowell
My loyalties will not be bound by national borders, or confined in time by one nation's history, or limited in the spiritual dimension by one language and culture. I pledge my allegiance to the damned human race, and my everlasting love to the green hills of Earth, and my intimations of glory to the singing stars, to the very end of space and time. View quote
Edward Abbey
What is guilt? Guilt is the pledge drive constantly hammering in our heads that keeps us from fully enjoying the show. Guilt is the reason they put the articles in Playboy. View quote
Dennis Miller