on resolutions

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.
Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)

Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.
Thomas Jefferson, Resolutions, 1803 3rd president of US (1743 - 1826)