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)

    “Reason is, and only ought to be, the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.”
    —David Hume (1711–1776)

    “... it is seldom a medical man has true religious views—there is too much pride of intellect.”
    —George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)

    “So, while their bodies moulder here
    Their souls with God himself shall dwell,—
    But always recollect, my dear,
    That wicked people go to hell.”
    —Ann Taylor (1782–1866)