Military

I, [Calder P. Rasmusson], do solemnly swear [and affirm] that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the laws of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

10 U.S.C. § 502

I do swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and that of the state of Minnesota, and will conduct myself as an attorney and counselor at law in an upright and courteous manner, to the best of my learning and ability, with all good fidelity as well to the court as to the client, and that I will use no falsehood or deceit, nor delay any person's cause for lucre or malice.

Minn. Stat. § 358.07, para (9)

 I am a Public Defender.

I am the guardian of the presumption of

innocence, due process, and fair trial.

To me is entrusted the preservation

of those sacred principles.

I will promulgate them with courtesy and respect,

but not with obsequiousness and not with fear.

For I am partisan; I am counsel for the defense.

Let none who oppose me forget that

with every fiber of my being I will

fight for my clients.

My clients are the indigent accused,

They are the lonely, the friendless.

There is no one to speak for them but me.

My voice will be raised in their defense.

I will resolve all doubt in their favor.

This will be my credo: this and the Golden Rule.

I will seek acclaim and approval only

from my own conscience.

And upon

my death, if there are a few lonely people who have benefited,

my efforts will not have been in vain.