American Quote by George Wald

I do think if we had a draft again, the United States would embark on fewer wars.

— John Densmore

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

— John F. Kennedy

I want to warn anyone who sees the Peace Corps as an alternative to the draft that life may well be easier at Fort…

— Sargent Shriver

Too often, U.N. peacekeepers face an impossible task in countries that are still at war and where there is no real peace to keep.

— Antonio Guterres

I'm against the draft. I believe we should have a professional military; it might be smaller, but it would be more effective.

— Jesse Ventura

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

— Ben Salmon

The draft is a monstrous violation of individual liberty, and even a good motive cannot make it otherwise. In a free society no one…

— Sheldon Richman

To have the United States suddenly come up with a peace proposal after a whole series of terrorist attacks is going to show to…

— Henry A. Kissinger

One of the problems we currently have is there hasn't been in the population any serious engagement with the ethics of war because we…

— Stanley Hauerwas

Of all the statist violations of individual rights in a mixed economy, the military draft is the worst. It is an abrogation of rights.…

— Ayn Rand

Since we replaced the compulsory military draft with an all-volunteer force in 1973, our nation has been making decisions about wars without worry over…

— Charles B. Rangel

There's nothing anti-patriotic about wanting peace. There really isn't.

— Shavo Odadjian