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John Quincy Adams

trivia

Bible

one-liner

nonsense question

court

judge

swearing

truth or dare

excuse

guilt

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind. (Samuel Butler, novelist).

is a thing which to sign is to destroy some of the loyalty one could otherwise claim, since any subsequent loyal behavior may then be attributed to the oath.

To require a citizen to sign a loyalty oath is to destroy some of the loyalty he could otherwise claim, since any subsequent loyal behavior may then be attributed to the oath. B. F. Skinner

is unlike anything else, for people always think you mean it.

There is nothing like a solemn oath. People always think you mean it.

is a recognizance to heaven, binding us over in the courts above to plead to the indictment of our crimes.

An oath is a recognizance to heaven, binding us over in the courts above to plead to the indictment of our crimes.

is better never to be taken, for when you do, people tend to think you mean it.

Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.

is quick to come for the liar -- the liar is always lavish of oaths.

is always doomed to failure --- he who swears is a liar.

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