The present system of taking oaths is horrible. It is awfully absurd to make a man invoke God's wrath upon himself, if… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
you'd like the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. That must be the most futile oath anyone ever swears. — P. D. James Copy Share Image
“An Anglisc oath is like water. It pours into every part of you, every crevice. You can’t hold any piece apart from… — Nicola Griffith Copy Share Image
“the words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet every so often, the oath… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Truth is the band of union and the basis of human happiness. Without this virtue there is no reliance upon language, no… — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
Oaths and curses are a proof of a most heroic courage, at least in appearance, which answers the same end. — Mary Collyer Copy Share Image
The first thing [Donald Trump] does on January 20th is take an oath to defend and adhere to the Constitution of the… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
“We make a vow to God never to cut our hair or beard; the oath stems from the Nazarite vow in the… — Colin Warner Copy Share Image
Crooked Hillary Clinton bleached and deleted 33,000 emails, lied to Congress under oath, made 13 iPhones disappear, some with a hammer, then… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I chose to take the oath of office with my personal copy of the Bhagavad Gita because its teachings have inspired me… — Tulsi Gabbard Copy Share Image
Not only is suicide a sin, it is the sin. It is the ultimate and absolute evil, the refusal to take an… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“If I'd thought I would regret it," he said calmly, "I never would have made that oath. I knew what becoming a… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
Consider this: there is not a single word in [the Sermon on the Mount] about what to believe, only words about what… — Robin Meyers Copy Share Image
I have a job to pay attention. It is my number one duty as a human being - to earn an experiment… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
“Theodore, I don’t think I have to tell you but …” “I won’t mention the little incident, your grace. Not even on… — Anya Wylde Copy Share Image
She wore an ivory-white dress and held the world in her eyes. I barely remember the priest's words or the faces of… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“Miles had sworn his officer's oath to the Emperor less than two weeks ago, puffed with pride at his achievement. In his… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Thalestris stepped forward to join my sister, her deep voice ringing out with the words that we, as initiates, were compelled to… — Lesley Livingston Copy Share Image
Ideally, nothing should be embraced by a consumer firmly, nothing should command a commitment till death do us part, no needs should… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
Doth some one say that there be gods above? There are not; no, there are not. Let no fool, Led by the… — Euripides Copy Share Image
“An Oath for the Youth by Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam I will have a goal and work hard to achieve that goal.… — Srijan Pal Singh Copy Share Image
“nothing but a testament of his ownership of me. A daily reminder of the golden cage I’d be trapped in for the… — Cora Reilly Copy Share Image
“gaze. “I’ve watched dozens of men and women speak the oath you swore tonight. And I’ve seen just as many fulfill that… — Lesley Livingston Copy Share Image
Hermes's shoulders sagged. "They'll try, Percy. Oh, we'll all try to keep our promise. And maybe for a while things will get… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I took an oath to protect the people of Arizona, and that's what I'm going to do. I'm going to keep pushing… — Jan Brewer Copy Share Image
Anyone who has taken the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not, he has no… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
As to the state, from my point of view, the measure of a writer's patriotism is not oaths from a high platform,… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
It's normally agreed that the question 'How are you?' doesn't put you on your oath to give a full or honest answer. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“He swore a soldier’s oath to her; she’d have the pearl before the sun passed over. Harmon never broke his word.” — Kelly Said Copy Share Image
The Sixth Army, true to their oath and conscious of the lofty importance of their mission, have held their position to the… — Friedrich Paulus Copy Share Image
Truthfulness under oath is, by now, a matter of our civic religion, our relation to our fellow citizens rather than our relation… — Richard Rorty Copy Share Image
Trump took a solemn oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. After his years in the job,… — George T. Conway III Copy Share Image
His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles; his love sincere, his thoughts immaculate; his tears pure messengers sent from his heart;… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
It is profoundly troubling when you have Supreme Court justices not following their judicial oath. And taking the role of policy makers… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Sweet love! Sweet lines! Sweet life! Here is her hand, the agent of her heart; Here is her oath for love, her… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
When I testified in front of Congress, I know that I was testifying under oath and I told the truth, — Rafael Palmeiro Copy Share Image
“First, I want your solemn oath not even to talk in your sleep about this job." "If my simple word is not… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
By Rice's own standards, the war was well underway by the time he took office. He was a war president the moment… — Howard Fineman Copy Share Image
Before I could become a military officer or a Member of Congress, I was required to do one thing: Take an oath… — Ted Lieu Copy Share Image
The idea that we would operate and amputate healthy tissue from a baby, from an unconsenting minor, to supposedly prevent some hypothetical… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image