Sentences with phrase «oath of allegiance»

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.

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.

Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has sworn the oath of office and oath of allegiance as the sixth Vice President of the Fourth Republic.

College graduates were calling for the dismissal of professors suspected of radicalism; school - teachers were being made to sign oaths of allegiance; business men with unorthodox political or economic ideas were learning to hold their tongues if they wanted to hold their jobs.

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.

The junta requires them to swear a new oath of allegiance.

Therefore, for the sake of Islam, the people gradually took the oath of allegiance to Abu Bakr as Caliph and showed no opposition when he assumed office.

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.

The appeal to God in the oath of allegiance, the oath of office, in benedictions on ceremonial occasions, and even on the coin of the realm, is an attenuated but still vital reminder of the source of the American idea of freedom.

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.

And instead of personalising the oath of allegiance that the pledge represents, the chapter universalized it, using the pronouns «We,» «Our,» «Us.»

«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...

Communities secretary Sajid Javid's proposal to make public servants swear an oath of allegiance to...

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

After swearing the oath of allegiance to the NDC, spokesperson of the defectors Paa Tawiah said «every four years we change MPs and the next person who comes would want to do something for themselves instead of the constituency.

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?

One seat, Thirsk and Malton, is empty, pending a by - election on 27 May, while Sinn Fein's five MPs have not taken the oath of allegiance allowing them to sit in Parliament.

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.

He even went so far as to ask all the journos to sign a giant dry erase board as a testament to their belief that he was telling the truth for once, a sorta nerdified twist on the oath of allegiance.

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.

In McAteer v. Canada (Attorney General), a three - judge panel ruled the oath of allegiance prospective citizens must take during citizenship ceremonies did not violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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.

This indispensable guide thoroughly addresses the entire process of representing a naturalization applicant from the initial client meeting through the oath of allegiance.

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?