Christian morality Quote by George Washington

Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths,…

— George Washington

An oath-the strongest of religious ties.

— James Madison

An oath is a recognizance to heaven, binding us over in the courts above to plead to the indictment of our crimes.

— Thomas Southerne

The freedom or immunity from coercion in matters religious, which is the endowment of persons as individuals, is also to be recognized as their…

— Pope Paul VI

The state has not only the obligation to stay neutral in matters of religion but also to ensure that freedom of thought and conscience…

— Asma Jahangir

The oath adds nothing to the obligation. For a covenant, if lawful, binds in the sight of God, without the oath, as much as…

— Thomas Hobbes

“What is this but the contents and matter of our oath? What do we covenant? What do we vow? Is it not the preservation…

— Various

A strong body, an alert mind, and a pure unselfish will are the things which this part of the oath promises to cultivate to…

— Senora Roy

If there is anything which it is the duty of the whole people to never entrust to any hands but their own, that thing…

— Abraham Lincoln

I believe that nothing enjoys a higher estate in our society than the right given by the First and Fourteenth Amendments freely to practice…

— Frank Murphy

Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that in it we ask…

— James L. Buckley

“Property breeds lawyers, I said, forbearing to add a belief that unfortunately property now seemed the only thing palpable enough to demand the respect…

— Arthur Miller