Affirmation
For those who object to adding ‘God’ to the end of an oath, may chose to take the Affirmation of Allegiance:
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In Māori (called Te Whakautanga Haumi), this is (without macrons),
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Read more about this topic: Oath Of Citizenship (New Zealand)
Famous quotes containing the word affirmation:
“I would say that deconstruction is affirmation rather than questioning, in a sense which is not positive: I would distinguish between the positive, or positions, and affirmations. I think that deconstruction is affirmative rather than questioning: this affirmation goes through some radical questioning, but it is not questioning in the field of analysis.”
—Jacques Derrida (b. 1930)
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—William James (18421910)