Remembering that Peter denied his Lord with an oath, after most solemnly protesting that he never would, I will not swear I will make no committals; but I do think I will not.
Before they went on vacation, Congress voted to exempt themselves from Obamacare. They gave themselves a special exemption because they thought it was too expensive. So the people who voted for Obamacare for us voted to exempt themselves from it. You know how doctors take the Hippocratic Oath. Congress apparently takes the 'Hypocritic Oath. '
Sitting in a Court of law, I can receive no evidence but what comes under the sanction of an oath.
America never was America to me And yet I swear this oath - America will be!
If ever I utter an oath again may my soul be blasted to eternal damnation!
In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty.
The world has turned over many times since I took the oath on the plain at West Point?but I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
The accusing spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in; and the recording angel as he wrote it down dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever.
In a thousand words I can have the Lord's Prayer, the 23rd Psalm, the Hippocratic Oath, a sonnet by Shakespeare, the Preamble to the Constitution, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and almost all of the Boy Scout Oath. Now exactly what picture were you planning to trade for all that?
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 not said: that we shall suffer from cowardice, from cravens or the fear of cravens. Therefore I say that we will go on, and this doom I add: the deeds that we shall do shall be the matter of song until the last days of Arda.
[John Craske] painted like a man giving witness under oath to a wild story.
When an oath is taken. . . the mind is more attentive; for it guards against two things, the reproach of friends and offence against the gods.
[Mullah Omar] gave himself this religious title. So it was something that all those people there who swore an oath of loyalty to him as a religious leader could not easily get rid of.
It's a hard world, neighbors, if a man's oath must be his master.
When I took the oath of office, I pledged loyalty to only one special interest group - ‘We the people’.
First of all, Jesus clearly tells us not to swear oaths.
Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.
It is not everyday that one learns an entire militia has sworn unbeknownest to obey you
When I was running for governor, I was attacked pretty strongly because of my position on the death penalty. But I looked the voters of Virginia in the eye and said, look, this is my religion. I'm not going to change my religious practice to get one vote, but I know how to take an oath and uphold the law. And if you elect me, I will uphold the law.
It is," I said. "And it's not even difficult. But I need your promise on the River Styx. " "What?" Dionysus cried. "You don't trust us?" "Someone once told me," I said, looking at Hades, "you should always get a solemn oath. " Hades shrugged. "Guilty.
