Or do you?" "I do," Bech solemnly affirmed.
After all, Germany was a state where the law rested on a firm foundation, where a majority in parliament was opposed to Hitler, and where every citizen believed that "his liberty and equal rights were secured by the solemnly affirmed constitution".
"That was the fundamental principle that was at stake 30 years ago: and that is the principle which we solemnly re-affirm today".
It calls only for the President to take an oath: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States".
The chief justice of the United States administers the formal oath of office to the president-elect: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States".
Katzenbach pulled a copy of the Constitution off his bookshelf, and read the thirty-seven-word declaration in Article II, Section 1: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
At the end of Article II, Section 1, the Constitution sets out the magic words that transform a politician into the president: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of the President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States".
"I, A.B., do solemnly swear or affirm (as the case may be) that I will support the constitution of the United States".
I,__________________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States faithfully, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
The first oath is this: I, XXX XXX, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as XXX under the Constitution and laws of the United States.
The wording is prescribed by the Constitution (Article II, Section 1, Clause 8), as follows: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
