Famous quotes containing the words lawful and/or oath:
“All things are lawful for me, but not all things are beneficial.”
—Bible: New Testament, 1 Corinthians 6:12.
“On principle I dislike an oath which requires a man to swear he has not done wrong. It rejects the Christian principle of forgiveness on terms of repentance. I think it is enough if the man does no wrong hereafter.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)