"I made a promise that I would not sell Scott and I will not, for any amount of money, break that promise to the West Ham supporters, " he said.
In the campaign last year, you all remember, I made a promise to pass it.
When I got back in bed, I made myself promise never to think of the letters again.
As she lay dying, I made the promise one last time.
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"I made a promise to my dad on his deathbed - to get the land back - and I don't break my promises, " he says.
"I made him promise as a condition of getting this appointment that he would adopt a dramatic new idea in the next few years -- sleep, " Clinton joked.
We also discussed Afghanistan, and I reminded President Obama that I made a promise to the French people to the effect that our combat troops would be withdrawn from Afghanistan by the end of 2012.
"John Kerry and I made a promise to the American people that, with this election, every vote would count and every vote would be counted, " Edwards told a crowd in Boston's Copley Square that had hoped to hear a Kerry victory speech.
While speaking at a 2009 Prostate Cancer Foundation event, I made a promise to more than 100 of the best prostate cancer researchers of the world: "I will make certain that, in my lifetime, I will get a blue ribbon out there to match every pink ribbon!"
First, because folks who work hard should be able to make a decent living, I kept a promise I made when I campaigned for this office and cut taxes for 95 percent of working Americans.
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And then we'll travel to Cairo, in which I am delivering on a promise I made during the campaign to provide a framework, a speech of how I think we can remake relations between the United States and countries in the Muslim world.
We will discuss that further in Chicago, and I'm pretty sure I will find the right means so that our allies can continue with their mission and at the same time I can comply to the promise I made to the French people.
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The second promise I made was that we would stick with our efforts, and stay on BP, until the damage to the Gulf and to the lives of the people in this region was reversed.
The other promise I made during the campaign was to ensure that our tax code doesn't provide relief and a competitive advantage to companies that move jobs and investment outside of the United States relative to companies that are investing here in the United States.
And all this allows us to fulfill another promise that I made to you four years ago -- strengthening our military.
But I made a commitment and a promise to myself that I was going to stop procrastinating and get all my work done in advance.
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All the leaders who made this possible, starting with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who made this commitment to veterans organizations when she became Minority Leader. (Applause.) I was told some people didn't believe Nancy when she made that promise. (Laughter.) Nancy keeps her promises, and I want all our vets to remember that.
And change is keeping the promise -- one of the promises I made in 2008.
And I promise you, the American people, your voices made a difference on this debate.
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So I would say that this is mostly about coming through on a promise that he made to the American people that he would have a comprehensive energy plan that would include some increased domestic production of energy but also some big investments in renewable technology, as well as finding ways to promote efficiency and things like that.
Doing so would weaken both programs and break the promise that we have made to American seniors, people with disabilities, and low income families a promise I am committed to keeping.
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For example, during his first term, Woodrow Wilson made every effort to stay out of World War I, and he won re-election in 1916 on that promise.
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