The Athenian Oath

                                                 

The Athenian Oath was recited by the citizens of Athens, Greece over 2,000 years ago. It is frequently referenced by civic leaders in modern times as a timeless code of civic responsibility.

"We will never bring disgrace on this City by an act of dishonesty or cowardice. We will fight for the Ideals and Sacred Things of the City both alone and with many. We will revere and obey the City’s laws, and we will do our best to incite a like reverence and respect in those above us who are prone to annul them or set them at naught. We will strive unceasingly to quicken the public’s sense of civic duty. Thus, in all these ways, we will transmit this city, not only, not less, but greater and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us".

                                                              

Reproduced from: “An Introduction to The Delhi Ridge”