Aliens Quote by Alexis de Tocqueville

True, we have no conscription; that is, men are not usually forced to enlist in the army, but we have developed a far more…

— Emma Goldman

Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription.

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

Conscription is the vitality of a nation, the purification of its morality, and the real foundations of all its habits

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A "just war" - if there could be such a thing - would not require conscription. Volunteers would be plentiful.

— Ben Salmon

Every possible effort should be made to stop recruiting for the Armed Forces. This may, and probably would, lead to some form of conscription…

— Stafford Cripps

With respect to where we are now, we have a voluntary army. And if we ever go back to conscription I hope that at…

— Colin Powell

War is wrong. Conscription for war is inconsistent with freedom of conscience, which is not merely the right to believe but to act on…

— Bayard Rustin

“In our society, where conscription no longer exists, very few people have any conception of what it is like to be a serviceman or…

— Ian R. Gardiner

Conscription for war is inconsistent with freedom of conscience, which is not merely the right to believe but to act on the degree of…

— Bayard Rustin

Because conscription appeals to essentially no one, the United States has lived with the All-Volunteer Force since the end of the Vietnam War.

— Jacob Weisberg

All these fifty-year-old guys wearing baseball caps and shorts and acting like children. It winds me up. Men don't have to take responsibility anymore.…

— Chrissie Hynde

I'm careful about speaking about this, but I believe it is only natural to accept the mandatory military duty, and I will go when…

— Jin