Bill Ford insists his commitment to the environment hasn't wavered, and he offers as evidence his pet project, an eco-friendly manufacturing plant opening next year in Dearborn.
Costa, the former mayor of Lisbon, has insisted his government will meet international commitments on its budget and debts, a year and a half after it exited its bailout programme.
Still, Mr. Ramsay insists that his commitment to New York is total.
But Mr. Zhang, who insists that his commitment to environmentalism is genuine and separate from his business interests, may have more political protection than most Chinese tycoons.
Even as Obama travels for campaign alms and is as entangled in the funding system at least as much as any other politician, he insists that his commitment is to the middle class and the disadvantaged.
Ronaldo insisted that his "motivation, dedication, commitment and desire to win all competitions will not be affected" by his feelings.
And he insisted that his own commitment to the NHS had only got stronger in recent years.
"Debt-fuelled growth is unsustainable", he insisted, adding that Mr Hollande emphasised his commitment to bringing down France's deficit.
As a professional soldier working for one dubious cause after another, he insists that his only commitment is to his immediate comrades in arms, his only credo a determination to avoid what he calls "abstract hate".
Eventually every state except New York moved to what is in effect unilateral no-fault, wherein if one party insisted that his or her commitment to the marriage had irretrievably ended, that person could end the union (albeit with different waiting periods).
