Oath Quotes · Page 16

Those are not at all to be tolerated who deny the being of God. Promises, covenants, and oaths, which are the bonds…

— John Locke

I'll take thy word for faith, not ask thine oath; Who shuns not to break one will sure crack both.

— William Shakespeare

Those who take oaths to politically powerful secret societies cannot be depended on for loyalty to a democratic republic.

— John Quincy Adams

I know what it’s like to be torn between a love so pure it burns you deep down in a place you…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

Friendship is by its very nature freer of deceit than any other relationship we can know because it is the bond least…

— Francine du Plessix Gray

I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and I'm concerned that voting for this [anti-terrorism]…

— Bernie Sanders

I've asked Justice Clarence Thomas to administer the Oath of Office, which I'm incredibly honored that he accepted as he's in his…

— Mike Pence

There is an utterance of Necessity, an ancient decree of the gods, eternal, sealed fast with broad oaths: whenever any one defiles…

— Empedocles

Every profession will have its rogues, of course, no matter what oaths are sworn, but many health care professionals have a real…

— Peter Singer

Language cannot describe the scene that followed; the shouts, oaths, frantic gestures, taunts, replies, and little fights; and therefore I shall not…

— Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

If these precedents are to stand unimpeached, and to provide sanctions for the continued conduct of America affairs-the Constitution may be nullified…

— Charles A. Beard

I hope that when I commence that oath, my tongue may cleave to the roof of my mouth. If I ever sign…

— Belle Boyd

I do feel ashamed of having participated to the slightest even as a tool in those dark days. But I was obliged…

— Walther Funk

I survived only a year in Berkeley, partly because I declined to sign the anticommunist loyalty oath.

— Jack Steinberger

If [Donald Trump] doesn't make sure that all the foreign government payments - and this includes banks and other corporations owned by…

— Reince Priebus

When I leave the office on January 20th, I will leave even more idealistic than I was the day I took the…

— William J. Clinton

Well, you know, Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence said he wouldn't have any atheists in his…

— Pat Robertson

“Sacrifice by its strictest definition takes something precious in exchange for the appeasement of a higher power. And abiding devotion to a…

— Emily Thorne

Well, we've been lucky devils both And there is no need for a pledge or oath To bind our lovely friendship fast,…

— Robert Graves

Whoever has had the experience of the moral sentiment cannot choose but believe in unlimited power. Each pulse from that heart isan…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson