I should add to the above pledge the last few lines of the Declaration of Independence, after a few of my own words though....
We shall not live under the tyranny of a dictator or would be King. We choose to be free men and live under the grace of God and the wisdom of the men who wrote the following words and chose to fight rather than submit..
With a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence,
We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor...