President Takes Oath

Famous quotes containing the words president, takes and/or oath:

“I can’t be President since I am a naturalized citizen, but I figured everything else was fair game.”
—Arati Prabhakar (b. c. 1959)

“Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others’ children.”
—Sam Levenson (20th century)

“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)