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War Quotes by Bayard Rustin
- Conscription for war is inconsistent with freedom of conscience, which is not merely the right to believe but to act on the degree of truth…
- War is wrong. Conscription for war is inconsistent with freedom of conscience, which is not merely the right to believe but to act on the…
- I am a Quaker. And as everyone knows, Quakers, for 300 years, have, on conscientious ground, been against participating in war. I was sentenced to…
- I have seen periods of progress followed by reaction. I have seen the hopes and aspirations of Negroes rise during World War II, only to…
- I am an opponent of war and of war preparations and an opponent of universal military training and conscription; but entirely apart from that issue,…
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- Upon his royal face there is no note how dread an army hath enrounded him. — William Shakespeare
- Here I and sorrows sit; Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it. — William Shakespeare
- O, Thou hast damnable iteration; and art, indeed, able to corrupt a saint. — William Shakespeare
- A man can die but once. — William Shakespeare
- Go, bid the soldiers shoot. — William Shakespeare
- I will kill thee a hundred and fifty ways. — William Shakespeare