Famous quotes containing the words swear and/or allegiance:
“I swear again, I would not be a queen
For all the world.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“A true military officer is in one particular like a true monk. Not with more self-abnegation will the latter keep his vows of monastic obedience than the former his vows of allegiance to martial duty.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)