Oath of Office/religious Bodies

Famous quotes containing the words oath, office, religious and/or bodies:

    “I’ll have my bond, speak not against my bond,
    I have sworn an oath that I will have my bond.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “This century fulfills the office of road-laborer for the society of the future. We make the road, others will make the journey.”
    —Victor Hugo (1802–1885)

    “Better risk loss of truth than chance of error—that is your faith-vetoer’s exact position. He is actively playing his stake as much as the believer is; he is backing the field against the religious hypothesis, just as the believer is backing the religious hypothesis against the field.”
    —William James (1842–1910)

    “Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads.”
    —G.C. (Georg Christoph)