Sentences with phrase «us oath of allegiance»

Because I could not hide this fact from myself and others, because I could not very well begin my lectures in Bonn with the salutation to Hitler, and because I could not very well swear an unconditioned oath of allegiance to the Führer, as I should have to do as the holder of a state office, I lost my position in the service of this state and was forced to quit Germany.

Many of them took the oath of allegiance reluctantly, and Ali himself did not give his approval until six months later.

Declaring early in American history that the Constitution was «godless» because it failed to acknowledge the authority of Jesus Christ, the church up until a generation ago practiced «political dissent,» not allowing members to vote, hold public office, or take oaths of allegiance to the flag or the Constitution.

This month a hundred million Americans will watch a United States Supreme Court Justice once again ask a President - elect to place his hand upon a Christian Bible and swear an oath of allegiance to the Constitution of the United States.

He can't resist playing the Hitler card: «The unconditional obedience demanded of bishops who swear their allegiance to the pope when they make their holy oath is almost as extreme as that of the German generals who were forced to swear an oath of allegiance to Hitler.»

38 Law was in Deacon's Orders when he refused the oath of allegiance to George I in 1714, and soon after his ordination to the priesthood in 1732 retired from active participation in church affairs.

But here, the most effective deterrent is to secure an oath of allegiance from the tribes.

Today I take an oath of allegiance to all Americans.

The national pledge is an oath of allegiance or a solemn promise to support the country and is usually recited after the national anthem.

We are there when our constituents need to get passports for that trip of a lifetime, are eagerly starting their own business with hopes of becoming the next Steve Jobs, buying their first house, paying off their mortgage after 30 years or proudly reciting the oath of allegiance to become a part of the American dream.

«But when you are appointed as a High Commissioner,» he noted, and then you swear an oath of allegiance to the Constitution of Ghana and the Constitution of Ghana says: «There shall be no discrimination, and that you shall do justice to all manner of persons, that's what the constitution of Ghana says, then you come and say — have you read animal Farm before?

But when you are appointed as a high commissioner and then you swear an oath of allegiance to the Constitution of Ghana, and the Constitution of Ghana says there shall be no discrimination and that you shall do justice to all manner of persons, then you come and say...

Sinn Fein MPs refuse to take the oath of allegiance to the Queen, meaning they do not actually attend debates in Westminster.

The elected Beyeeman Gyinantwi IV's successor whose name had been kept secret by the kingmakers was due to swear the traditional oath of allegiance to chiefs and people of the Drobo State to mark the official commencement of his rule as the paramount chief of the traditional area.

One recommendation was the oath of allegiance.

Communities secretary Sajid Javid's proposal to make public servants swear an oath of allegiance to British values risks being a «disaster» if the wording is not right, according to Tory MP Nicholas Soames.

On this note we wish to inform the BNI and the POLICE and the MILITARY that they swore an oath of allegiance to the NATION.

They are fully committed to their oaths of allegiance to serve their fatherland Nigeria, with total submission to our democratic government.

The former president who joined his party's unity walk said: «When you are appointed as a High Commissioner and then you swear an oath of allegiance to the Constitution of Ghana and the Constitution of Ghana says: «There shall be no discrimination, and that you shall do justice to all manner of persons, that's what the constitution of Ghana says, then you come and say — have you read animal Farm before?

The oath of allegiance is an oath of fidelity to the sovereign taken by all persons holding important public office and as a condition of naturalization.

Having sworn an oath of allegiance to the state, he came into direct contact for the first time with the military code and with the psychology and technology of warfare, including the use of missiles.»

Notaries are required to swear an oath of allegiance to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and are authorised to carry out most general legal practices, authenticate and certify signatures on documents for use abroad, and also exercise the powers of a Commissioner for Oaths.

The government is likely to have learned of the position of the court through the four sympathetic judges — who on Saturday took an oath of allegiance to Gen. Musharraf, after Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry and the remaining judges were fired.

The case touches on whether the government can require an applicant for Canadian citizenship to take off her niqab before she takes the oath of allegiance.

By analogy, the US oath of allegiance, which requires immigrants (and others) to «support and defend the Constitution and the laws of the United States» (with the Constitution playing the role in the US that the Monarchy does here) does not preclude you from advocating that the Constitution be changed or reformed, it just mandates that you do so in a manner that is in keeping with the US legal and constitutional order.

For the same reason, Lucien Bouchard could swear an oath of allegiance to the Queen of Canada and serve as her «loyal opposition» while striving to (legally) separate from her dominion.

«We swear our oath of allegiance to the Queen,» he noted.

An oath of allegiance or confidentiality agreements?

Not exact matches

the observance of this obligation; fidelity to one's promise, oath, allegiance, etc.: He was the only one who proved his faith during our recent troubles.

romeny took the Blood of Atonement Oath in the Temple in the late 1980s — He has sworn his first allegiance to the church.He is regaled and powerful in the church because his gggg grandfather, Parley Pratt, was a founding member.

i go to my town hall meeting quite often and its hard for me just to sit their during the pledge of allegiance, because it would offend my ancestors, to swear an oath under your god no i will have to sit their as you prey death upon me and mine.

His allegiance to the church is considered secret — pledged by oath with the possible retribution of death.

«I think that the president should have been impeached because he is violating the fundamental principles of good governance and he is violating the oath that he has sworn that he will protect and own a certain allegiance to this country but as we speak now, we have seen that the president is owing double allegiance, that he is not ready to protect all of us.»

Although naturalizing citizens are required to undertake an oath renouncing previous allegiances, the oath has never been enforced to require the actual termination of original citizenship.

They must continue in their pursuit of their oath of office and allegiance and in their onerous goal of making laws for the good governance of our nation.»

«I am not a scientist» is now rivaling the pledge of allegiance as an oath taken by Republican Party leaders.

Is this not degrading the validity and solemnity of the oath if people are not actually «faithful» or they do not bear «true» allegiance?

115 (1) Every employee of the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, before performing any duty as such, shall take and subscribe the prescribed oath or affirmation of office and secrecy and, if required by the Chief Electoral Officer, the prescribed oath or affirmation of allegiance.

I fear that the oath of political allegiance that the new justices will carry to the Court of Appeal will also have a detrimental and chilling effect on our democratic values.

A Judge shall, before proceeding to discharge the duties of the office, take, before the Chief Justice or a Justice of the High Court of Australia or a Judge of the Family Court or of another court created by the Parliament, an oath or affirmation of allegiance in the form in the Schedule to the Constitution, and also an oath or affirmation in the following form: