Promise/society

Famous quotes containing the words promise and/or society:

    “We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears.”
    —François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

    “Last evening attended Croghan Lodge International Order of Odd Fellows. Election of officers. Chosen Noble Grand. These social organizations have a number of good results. All who attend are educated in self-government. This in a marked way. They bind society together. The well-to-do and the poor should be brought together as much as possible. The separation into classes—castes—is our danger. It is the danger of all civilizations.”
    —Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)