Sworn Quotes

149 quotes by 128 authors

The world is not dialectical - it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn to radical antagonism, not to reconciliation or synthesis. This is… — Jean Baudrillard
Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that… — Barbara Boxer
So, for example, a country was into recession right after I was sworn in, a dot-com bust had taken place. Then the attacks of September… — George W. Bush
I have sworn to die painting. — Paul Cezanne
A Marine should be sworn to the patient endurance of hardships, like the ancient knights; and it is not the least of these necessary hardships… — Bernard Law Montgomery
I will not be sworn but love may transform me to an oyster — William Shakespeare
The jury passing on the prisoner's life may in the sworn twelve have a thief or two guiltier than him they try. — William Shakespeare
The clergy ... believe that any portion of power confided to me [as President] will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. And they believe… — Thomas Jefferson
I have sworn to only live free. Even if I find bitter the taste of death, I don't want to die humiliated or deceived. — Osama bin Laden
Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage with them, as English profanity, except in America, has not… — George Bernard Shaw
I shall not do more than I can, and I shall do all I can to save the government, which is my sworn duty as… — Abraham Lincoln
I believe in the American tradition of separation of church and state which is expressed in the First Amendment to the Constitution. By my office… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Access to knowledge is the superb, the supreme act of truly great civilizations. Of all the institutions that purport to do this, free libraries stand… — Toni Morrison
But experiments went for nothing,-dualism had sworn to uphold its position. — Auguste Laurent
The sciences have sworn among themselves an inviolable partnership; it is almost impossible to separate them, for they would rather suffer than be torn apart;… — Marin Mersenne
My Lord, it is a very hard sentence. For my part, I am the innocentest person of them all, only I have been sworn against… — William Kidd
There is, it appears, a conspiracy of scientists afoot. Their purpose is to break down religion, propagate immorality, and so reduce mankind to the level… — H. L. Mencken
Brain so good could've sworn you went to college — Unknown Author
...the floss-silk manes tossed up like the crest of a breaking wave....Light ran and glittered on them. They were obedient...you would have sworn...as the white… — Mary Stewart
Juanita found herself at Old Jeemy's radio station in a room she could have sworn was a laboratory where creatures with antennas in their heads,… — Dan Jenkins

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