Oath Quotes

224 Oath quotes by 175 unique authors

[About the demand of the Board of Regents of the University of California that professors sign non-Communist loyalty oaths or lose their jobs within 65… — Joel Henry Hildebrand
How odd that Americans, and not just their presidents, have come to think of their Constitution as something separable from the government it's supposed to… — Joseph Sobran
I chose to take the oath of office with my personal copy of the Bhagavad Gita because its teachings have inspired me to be a… — Tulsi Gabbard
Language cannot describe the scene that followed; the shouts, oaths, frantic gestures, taunts, replies, and little fights; and therefore I shall not attempt it. — Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
We have sworn, and not lightly. This oath we will keep. We are threatened with many evils, and treason not least; but one thing is… — J.R.R. Tolkien
If you call yourself an American that means that you have embraced the constitution, because that is what an American is. A citizen of the… — Scott Ritter
If these precedents are to stand unimpeached, and to provide sanctions for the continued conduct of America affairs-the Constitution may be nullified by the President… — Charles A. Beard
I will not be sworn but love may transform me to an oyster; but I'll take my oath on it, till he have made an… — William Shakespeare
Do not give dalliance too much rein; the strongest oaths are straw to the fire in the blood. — William Shakespeare
When thou dost tell another's jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need; Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin. — George Herbert
The Allied Powers having proclaimed that the Emperor Napoleon is the sole obstacle to the re-establishment of peace in Europe, he, faithful to his oath,… — Napoleon Bonaparte
'Liar' is just as ugly a word as 'thief,' because it implies the presence of just as ugly a sin in one case as in… — Theodore Roosevelt
Vague promises of savings from cutting waste, enhancing prevention and wellness, installing electronic medical records and improving quality are merely lipstick cost control, more for… — Ezekiel Emanuel
Consider this: there is not a single word in [the Sermon on the Mount] about what to believe, only words about what to do. It… — Robin Meyers
If ever I utter an oath again may my soul be blasted to eternal damnation! — George Bernard Shaw
The present system of taking oaths is horrible. It is awfully absurd to make a man invoke God's wrath upon himself, if he speaks false;… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A liar is always lavish of oaths. — Pierre Corneille
In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty. — Pierre de Coubertin
Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it. — Norman Douglas
Reasoning based on cost has been strenuously resisted; it violated the Hippocratic Oath, was associated with rationing, and derided as putting a price on life...… — Ezekiel Emanuel

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