Oath of Office/religious Bodies

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

    “Figure a man’s only good for one oath at a time. I took mine to the Confederate States of America.”
    —Frank S. Nugent (1908–1965)

    “The office ... make[s] its incumbent a repair man behind a dyke. No sooner is one leak plugged than it is necessary to dash over and stop another that has broken out. There is no end to it.”
    —Herbert Hoover (1874–1964)

    “The English are probably the most tolerant, least religious people on earth.”
    —David Goldberg (b. 1939)

    “The repossession by women of our bodies will bring far more essential change to human society than the seizing of the means of production by workers.”
    —Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)