...beau ideal of a statesman," in a broad reading of the national charter, said in his First Inaugural: "I take the official oath today, with no mental reservations,...construe the Constitution or laws, by any hypercritical rules."2 Roosevelt, following his heroes Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson in their robust conceptions...

...understand it. speech, 27 February iSfio, In RP Basler (ed.) Collected Works ... ( I9S î) vol. î 8 1 take the official oath to-day with no mental reservations,...the Constitution or laws by any hypercritical rules. lirst inaugural address, 4 March iSfii, in RP Basler (ed. I Collecteil Works ... ( 1 9 s Î I vol....

...Constitution by enforcing the fugitive slave law foreshadowed Lincoln's fourth invocation of an oath: "I take the official oath to-day, with no mental reservations,...Constitution or laws, by any hypercritical rules." So far, this use of the oath of office, alongside the pledge to resist hypercritical constructions...

...better angels of our nature. CVV IV: 262-271, Final Text (262-266, 268-271) The words were momentous: "I take the official oath to-day, with no mental reservations,...Constitution or laws, by any hypercritical rules" (emphasis mine). Those words would have resounding implications in his policies regarding slavery....

...the citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in tho several States?' "I take the official oath to-day...Congress as proper to be enforced, I do suggest that it v/ill be much safer for all, both in official and private stations, to conform to and abide by all...

...Constitution which guaranties that "The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all previleges and immunities of citizens in the several States?" I take...hypercritical rules. And while I do not choose now to specif}' particular acts of Congress as proper to be enforced, I do suggest, that it will be much safer...