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Letter "O" » oath
«Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath»
«It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath»
«Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.»
«In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty.»
«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 bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her.»
Author: Sam Houston
(General, Lawyer, Politician)
| About:
Constitution
| Keywords:
bloodshed, civil, oath, strife, Texas, trampled
«OATH, n. In law, a solemn appeal to the Deity, made binding upon the conscience by a penalty for perjury.»
«I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as it is when the President takes his oath of office, rather than to the flag and the nation»
Author: Dr. Carl Sagan
(Astronomer, Scientist, Writer)
| About:
Constitution,
Nations,
Presidency
| Keywords:
allegiance, bill, Bill of Rights, constitution, directed, flag, oath, Oath of, office, pledge, pledged, pledges, Pledge of Allegiance, The Bill, The Nation, The Pledge of Allegiance, the President
«No love can be bound by oath or covenant to secure it against a higher love»
«It comes to pass oft that a terrible oath, with a swaggering accent sharply twanged off, gives manhood more approbation than ever proof itself would have earned him.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
accent, accents, approbation, earned, oath, oft, pass off, sharply, swagger, swaggering, twang, twanged, twangs
«It is a terrible thought, that nothing is ever forgotten; that not an oath is ever uttered that does not continue to vibrate through all times, in the wide spreading current of sound; that not a prayer is lisped, that its record is not to be found st»
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