oaths

These oaths truly don't mean anything anymore, if they ever did.

Yes, but you are most likely someone who strives to behave ethically regardless of oaths and pledges.

The dignitaries of the law courts wait to take oaths like beggars squatting at the side of the road.

It's a pity our profession doesn't have some explicit oaths along the lines of the Hippocratic oath.

Gladly would they put an end to their miserable existence, but they dare not, because of their oaths of service.

Police officers take oaths to protect the public on behalf of the US federal & state governments, and to uphold the Constitution.

They take these oaths for a reason and the legal system is very tough on them when they fail (as things should be).

Does anybody in DC even remember what their oaths were anymore?

As such the soldiers were respecting their oaths and their country.

The executive seems to have put a higher priority on protecting the people than upholding the constitution, which is not consistent with the oaths they take.

Breaking these oaths and abusing the power they are granted for personal gain or to cover up things that occurred on duty is, to be blunt, treason.

Swift can tell from static analysis if it might be read at compile time and raise an issue if it isn't initialised on all oaths to the access.

Clearly our "employed and elected torturers" flouted their oaths.

"%50 of former employees admit to stealing confidential company data" [1] Even with oaths and allegiences, the probability that Snowden is the only one to take advantage of the lax security in the NSA is 0.

It's not a mystery, it is a science: Flags, uniforms, medals, oaths, "unit cohesion," etc.