 | Bunker Hill Monument Association - 1875 - 236 էջ
...and vow to Heaven, as the President is enjoined to do on assuming his office, that that Constitution he will, to the best of his ability, " preserve, protect, and defend." I remain, with high regard, your obedient servant, EEVERDT JOHNSON. G. WASHINGTON WARREN, Esq., and... | |
 | Calvin Townsend - 1875 - 290 էջ
...is required to solemnly swear, or affirm, that he will faithfully execute the duties thereof, and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. Mr. Justice Story says : This is a suitable pledge of his fidelity and responsibility... | |
 | Calvin Townsend - 1875 - 260 էջ
...is required to solemnly swear, or affirm, that he will faithfully execute the duties thereof, and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. Mr. Justice Story says : This is a suitable pledge of his fidelity and responsibility... | |
 | Charles H. Evans - 1884 - 234 էջ
...4, 1 86 1, Abraham Lincoln took the oath as President of the United States, swearing that he would to the best of his ability ' preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.' His inaugural address was distinct and bold, yet conciliatory. He disavowed... | |
 | Lucius P. Little - 1887 - 682 էջ
...executed. It will be recollected, perhaps, by the Senate, that during the discussion on the deposit question, I predicted that the day would arrive when...ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States." The fulfillment of the prediction quickly followed ; and during the same session,... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1889 - 506 էջ
...that the laws be faithfully executed ; and he is bound by oath to honestly execute his office, and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. He is given power to resist, to a certain degree, by his veto, the making of... | |
 | William Benjamin Smith - 1891 - 346 էջ
...— to meet the obligations of his oath, " to take care that the laws were faithfully executed," and to the best of his ability " preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States " ; and in the discharge of these high and imperative duties he was entitled to... | |
 | Israel Smith Clare - 1893 - 766 էջ
...swear, or affirm, that he will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will, to the' best of his ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. The President has the power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,... | |
 | Woodrow Wilson - 1893 - 372 էջ
...the Constitution in all things. It was in the oath that he took as President, he said, that he would to the best of his ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution; and he did not feel that he might "take an oath to get power, and break the oath in using that power."... | |
 | Woodrow Wilson - 1893 - 368 էջ
...the Constitution in all things. It was in the oath that he took as President, he said, that he would to the best of his ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution; and he did not feel that he might "take an oath to get power, and break the oath in using that power."... | |
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States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States... 
