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title: "8 Takes Oath Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [When a man takes an oath... he's holding his own self in his own hands. Like water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bolt/when-a-man-takes-an-oath-he-s-holding-his-own-self-in-his-own-hands/)

[Robert Bolt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bolt/)

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> [America, not Keith Ellison, decides what book a congressman takes his oath on,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-prager/america-not-keith-ellison-decides-what-book-a-congressman-takes-his/)

[Dennis Prager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-prager/)

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> [He who takes the oath today to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States only assumes the solemn obligation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grover-cleveland/he-who-takes-the-oath-today-to-preserve-protect-and-defend-the/)

[Grover Cleveland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grover-cleveland/)

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> [A candidate is not going to suddenly change once they get into office. Just the opposite, in fact. Because the minute that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-obama/a-candidate-is-not-going-to-suddenly-change-once-they-get-into-office/)

[Michelle Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-obama/)

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> [The person who takes the oath of office in the next four months will shape not just the next four years, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rahm-emanuel/the-person-who-takes-the-oath-of-office-in-the-next-four-months-will/)

[Rahm Emanuel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rahm-emanuel/)

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> [I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as it is when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-also-wish-that-the-pledge-of-allegiance-were-directed-at-the/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Once Donald Trump takes the oath of office as president of the United States, the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution makes it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-todd/once-donald-trump-takes-the-oath-of-office-as-president-of-the-united/)

[Chuck Todd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-todd/)

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> [The president of the United States, on Inauguration Day, takes an oath to faithfully execute the laws. Those are the laws that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-sensenbrenner/the-president-of-the-united-states-on-inauguration-day-takes-an-oath/)

[Jim Sensenbrenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-sensenbrenner/)

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