So today we have a 180-degree break with the pledge that was made to the American people.
Some principals find that recent events have melted resistance to the pledge that has lasted for decades.
"We are prepared to do what is necessary," he said, in a version of the pledge that has become his byword.
According to Brendan Buck, a spokesman for the Republican campaign effort, the part of the pledge that promises to "cancel unspent 'stimulus' funds" refers only to money that is "unobligated".
Nor, necessarily, is the pledge that raised the biggest cheer at Labour's conference, Mr Miliband's commitment to create thousands more jobs in the NHS, including 20,000 more nurses, the best use of scarce resources.
In the three months since Transportation Alternatives started the program, the ambassadors have persuaded roughly 13,000 people to sign the pledge that calls for cyclists to support responsible riding, bike lanes and a public bike-sharing program.
By the time Bush got through with him ("What is it about the Pledge that upsets him so much?"), the Duke was well on his way to a professorship at Northeastern.
A sweaty cat's cradle of arms and Dictaphones strained to get closer, but only those nearest heard the pledge that will be broadcast repeatedly if the smoke swirling around Rupp and his coach Alberto Salazar erupts into fire.
Conservative radio talk show host Laura Ingraham, who is friendly with Trump, mocked him for seeming to shelve the pledge that has animated his supporters since his campaign's launch.
The moment the decision was taken to overturn the pledge that had won the party hundreds of thousands of student votes and back the Tory plan to treble tuition fees, it was headed for electoral oblivion.
Four leading palm oil companies (Golden Agri Resources, Wilmar International Limited, Cargill and Asian Agri) signed the pledge that was witnessed by then-President Yudhoyono (Harfenist 2014).
