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The three best known maxims – "Know thyself", "Nothing in excess", and "Give a pledge and trouble is at hand" – were prominently located at the entrance to the temple, and were traditionally said to have been authored by the legendary Seven Sages of Greece, or even by Apollo. In fact, they are more likely to have simply been popular proverbs.
The Pledge of Allegiance: A Revised History and Analysis, 1892–2007 (Free State Press, Inc.) ISBN 978-0-9650620-2-2 Excerpt, Chapter Eight: "Under God" and Other Questions About the Pledge. Ellis, Richard J. (2005). To the Flag: The Unlikely History of the Pledge of Allegiance (Lawrence: University of Kansas Press) ISBN 0-7006-1372-2
A pledge is a bailment that conveys title to property owned by a debtor (the pledgor) to a creditor (the pledgee) to secure repayment for some debt or obligation and to the mutual benefit of both parties. [1] [2] The term is also used to denote the property which constitutes the security. [3] The pledge is a type of security interest.
In September in Lynn, Massachusetts, a third-grader and a Jehovah's Witness named Carleton Nichols [7] refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and was expelled from school. [8] The Nichols incident received widespread media attention, and other Witness students soon followed suit.
A pledge and a contractual lien both depend upon the delivery of possession to the creditor. The difference between them is that in the case of a pledge the owner delivers possession to the creditor as security, whereas in the case of a lien the creditor retains a right of possession of goods previously delivered to him for some other purpose.
ROME (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies on Saturday reiterated a pledge to keep imposing severe costs on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, through sanctions, export ...
Germany’s defense pledge, which could see spending as a percentage of GDP exceed 3%, is a massive statement of intent from Europe’s largest economy after years of perceived underinvestment.
Vice President Kamala Harris appeared to botch the Pledge of Allegiance as the Senate was sworn in for the 119th Congress. “I pledge allegiance to the United States of America,” the vice ...