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> [Wicksell's old-fashioned liberalism is reminiscent of John Maynard Keynes' attitude toward conscription during World War I. Keynes opposed conscription, but he was not a pacifist. He opposed conscription because it deprived the citizen of the right to decide for himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mancur-olson/wicksell-s-old-fashioned-liberalism-is-reminiscent-of-john-maynard/)

[Mancur Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mancur-olson/)

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> [I would agree that much with people who accept private property - that conscription is an unpardonable transgression, whether it be "corrupt" or not. The Spanish anarchists opposed conscription during the civil war in Spain as a gross expropriation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-bookchin/i-would-agree-that-much-with-people-who-accept-private-property-that/)

[Murray Bookchin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-bookchin/)

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