Oath-keeping Quotes

Tis not the many oaths that make the truth; But the plain single vow, that is vow'd true.

As to the Constitution and the Union, I have taken an oath to support the one, and I cannot do so without preserving the other, unless I commit perjury, which I certainly don't intend to do. We must cherish the Constitution to the last.

An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.

Yes, I promised, but did I promise to keep my promise?

It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath.

He that imposes an oath makes it, Not he that for conveniences takes it. Then how can any man be said To break an oath he never made.

Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths . . . ?

You are also asked to take an oath, and that's the oath of service. The oath of service is not to secrecy, but to the Constitution - to protect it against all enemies, foreign and domestic. That's the oath that I kept, that James Clapper and former NSA director Keith Alexander did not. You raise your hand and you take the oath in your class when you are on board. All government officials are made to do it who work for the intelligence agencies - at least, that's where I took the oath.