President Takes Oath

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

“Every President wants to do right.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

“I love all men who dive. Any fish can swim near the surface, but it takes a great whale to go down stairs five miles or more; & if he don’t attain the bottom, why, all the lead in Galena can’t fashion the plummet that will.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)

“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)