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Oath Quotes

America never was America to me And yet I swear this oath - America will be!

Langston Hughes (1970). “The poetry of the Negro, 1746-1970”

In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

Hunter S. Thompson (2010). “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream”, p.73, Vintage

Buy the ticket, take the ride.

Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream”, p.238, Pan Macmillan

When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.

Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Invisible Monsters: A Novel”, p.104, W. W. Norton & Company

I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous.

"Fictional character: Raoul Duke". "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", www.imdb.com. 1998.

Like most of the others, I was a seeker, a mover, a malcontent, and at times a stupid hell-raiser.

Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “The Rum Diary: Film Tie-in Edition”, p.5, A&C Black

It's a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat sh** and die.

Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Generation of Swine: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

When I took the oath of office, I pledged loyalty to only one special interest group - ‘We the people’.

Economic Recovery Address to a Joint Session of Congress, delivered day 28 April 1981