Before business groups, he pledges fiscal responsibility and timely payment of public debts.
"It can be a pledge of commitment to the country; it can be a statement of what the rights and responsibilities of citizens are," he said.
Roles and Responsibilities.
Assigning Roles and Responsibilities.
And the avalanche of proposals was unified by a central theme: we had, Clinton declared, replaced "outmoded ideologies" with a "vital center" pledged equally to "opportunity" and "responsibility".
She pledged to pursue "truth, justice and responsibility toward history" for her husband and young children's sake, and "for all the wives and children, so that their husbands and fathers will no longer disappear".
That's led GOP governors who won office by pledging fiscal responsibility, and bans on new taxes, to slash spending on everything from education to the environment while simultaneously increasing the financial burdens for the poor, along with the use of accounting sleight-of-hand to make the books look better.
Self pledges account for about 10% of all initial pledges and 9% of all pledges that secure funding.
Playing up the religious shtick more than normal, this week he pledged tougher action against drug-dealers, and banged on about work, discipline, service and responsibility.
The then-leader of the opposition pledged "nothing less than radical decentralisation" to combat this, saying his party would give local councils much more power and responsibility.
The unauthorised release of internal documents indicated Heartland had received $14m over several years from a single anonymous donor as well as tobacco and liquor companies and corporations pledged to social responsibility, including the General Motors Foundation.
