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Would you take the oath of citizenship?

On the fourth of July the local television station, and likely local stations everywhere, often presents a segment on immigrants who are taking the oath that makes them citizens of the United States. Today, they actually included a complete recitation of the oath, which I confess to never having heard before.

Here is the text of the Naturalization Oath of Allegiance:

“I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, read more