Oath Quotes

224 Oath quotes by 175 unique authors

The person who takes the oath of office in the next four months will shape not just the next four years, but the next forty… — Rahm Emanuel
Those who served, and those who continue to serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard took an oath to uphold and… — Robin Hayes
But then, so far as I know, I am the only performer who ever pledged his assistants to secrecy, honor and allegiance under a notarial… — Harry Houdini
In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas too well to… — Sam Houston
The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies,… — John F. Kennedy
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's… — Ronald Reagan
When I meet thousands of fans of the comic - when I realize every one of them can recite the Lantern Corps oath ('In Brightest… — Ryan Reynolds
Well, you know, Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence said he wouldn't have any atheists in his cabinet because atheists… — Pat Robertson
As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship.… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Every profession will have its rogues, of course, no matter what oaths are sworn, but many health care professionals have a real commitment to serving… — Peter Singer
All presidents swear an oath to the Constitution to keep this country united, and when the country fell apart, Lincoln had to put it back… — Steven Spielberg
There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and not… — Simone Weil
His jest shall savour but a shallow wit, when thousands more weep than did laugh it. — William Shakespeare
[Speaking] is never without fear; of visibility, of the harsh light of scrutiny and perhaps judgment, of pain, of death. But we have lived through… — Audre Lorde
We walk in dark places no others will enter. We stand on the bridge and no one may pass. We live for the One. We… — J. Michael Straczynski
I talk about going to [George W. Bush's] Inauguration and crying when he took the oath, 'cause I was so afraid he was going to… — Sarah Vowell
On the day I swore to uphold the Hippocratic oath, the small hairs on the back of my neck stood up as I waited for… — Barbara Kingsolver
Make this the golden rule, the equivalent of the Hippocratic oath: Everything we ask a child to do should be worth doing. — Philip Pullman
let it go -- the smashed word broken open vow or the oath cracked length wise -- let it go it was sworn to go… — E E Cummings
A first lesson in the fragility of love and the preternatural cowardice of men. And out of this disillusionment and turmoil sprang Beli's first adult… — Junot Diaz

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