I have made no secret, either privately or publicly, of any sense of outrage over officially enforced military and war service. I… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
A "just war" - if there could be such a thing - would not require conscription. Volunteers would be plentiful. — Ben Salmon Copy Share Image
Because conscription appeals to essentially no one, the United States has lived with the All-Volunteer Force since the end of the Vietnam… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
[Ayn] Rand accepts that when she supports military conscription, even indirectly. Also, she starts her politics from the premise that the State… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
Every possible effort should be made to stop recruiting for the Armed Forces. This may, and probably would, lead to some form… — Stafford Cripps Copy Share Image
Realistically speaking, Ayn Rand should not have opposed the antidraft movement and supported the Vietnam War effort - in effect, she supported… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
War is wrong. Conscription for war is inconsistent with freedom of conscience, which is not merely the right to believe but to… — Bayard Rustin Copy Share Image
Conscription is an impediment to achieving the forces Australia needs. It is an alibi for failing to give proper conditions to regular… — Gough Whitlam Copy Share Image
True, we have no conscription; that is, men are not usually forced to enlist in the army, but we have developed a… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The mere dates of my existence do not interest me, except in one connection. When the Great War started I was too… — Laurence Housman Copy Share Image
Who will show me any Constitutional injunction which makes it the duty of the American people to surrender everything valuable in life,… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Our leisure is the time the Devil seizes upon to make us work for him; and the only way we can avoid… — James Ellis Copy Share Image
“Every November of my boyhood, we put on red poppies and attended highly patriotic services in remembrance of those who had 'given'… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The principle of compulsory service, embodied in the system of conscription, lias been the means by which modem dictators and military gangs… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The French system of conscription brings together a fair sample of all classes; ours is composed of the scum of the earth… — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
I would agree that much with people who accept private property - that conscription is an unpardonable transgression, whether it be "corrupt"… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image