swear that i the support and defend constitution of the united enemiesgainst all , that iand the mastecar true faith and allegiance to the same, that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, that i will well and faithfully perform the duties of the all -- duties of the office of which i'm about to enter, so help you god. [applause] justice thomas: wow. thank you also much. this is wonderful. president, mrs. bush, vice president and mrs. quayle, senator dole and all of my friends and all members of congress, justice white and my future colleagues and all my wonderful family members, friends, supporters and those who help, even as i am joyful at this event, i am deeply, deeply saddened by the death of mrs. rehnquist and i join in the heartfelt condolences to the .hief justice and his family since that bright sunny day in kennebunkport, there have been many difficult days as we all went through the confirmation battle and i mean we all. on this sunny day in october at the white house, there is joy, joy in the morning. [applause] i thank almighty g