your word is your bond

To do what you say and keep your promise. The Trump presidential campaign plagiarised a speech of Michelle Obama's in 2008 which used the phrase for Melania Trump to give at the RNC.

Michelle in 2008: "And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values: that you work hard for what you want in life; that your word is your bond, that you do what you say you’re going to do..."
Melania in 2016: "From a young age, my parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life; that your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise..."

6👍 11👎