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“If sex is a war, I am a conscientious objector: I will not play.”

Ifs War Play Sex Conscientious Objectors

Book:Braided Lives

Source: Braided Lives

“... I have become a conscientious objector in the war between the sexes.”

War Sex Conscientious Objectors

Book:Never Let Them See You Cry

Source: Never Let Them See You Cry

“At the vital point of truth, we all become a conscientious objector.”

Conscientious Objectors

Author:Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall

“As a conscientious objector I did my community service in 1971 in a psychiatric hospital and a friend there, who also was a guitar player, invited me one day to join him recording film music with a band named Kraftwerk which I didn't know at the time. I came along and jammed at this session together with Ralf Hütter and a drummer (I believe his name was Charly Weiß). Florian Schneider and Klaus Dinger were present as listeners and everybody liked the spontaneous music we did together.”

“I wouldn't choose conscientious objector and I wouldn't go to Canada. I did what Hap did and almost went to prison. I think the threw me a bone as the war was winding down, and I think they accepted my sincerity for being against that war.”

Thinking War Down And Prison Bones Accepted Canada Sincerity Winding Down Conscientious Objectors

Author:Joe R. Lansdale

“War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.”

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

“They asked if I knew what 'conscientious objector' meant. I told them that when the white man asked me to go off somewhere and fight and maybe die to preserve the way the white man treated the black man in America, then my conscience made me object.”

Ifs Men Way Made America Dies Fighting Black White Objects Conscience Treated Preserves White Man Conscientious Objectors

Book:The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Source: The Autobiography of Malcolm X

“An intelligent and conscientious opposition is a part of loyalty to country.”

Country Intelligent Loyalty Opposition Conscientious Objectors

Author:Bainbridge Colby

“Vaccination is a barbarous practice and one of the most fatal of all the delusions current in our time. Conscientious objectors to vaccination should stand alone, if need be, against the whole world, in defense of their conviction.”

Ifs World Needs Should Whole Practice Currents Conviction Defense Whole World Our Time Delusion Stand Alone Vaccinations Conscientious Objectors

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.”

Happens Time History Eternity Things Happen Historian Right Time Defects Conscientious Objectors

Author:Herodotus

“As a very young man I signed a declaration - 'I renounce war and will never support another'. That was in 1939 and I have maintained this stand throughout the whole period, including WW2, as a Conscientious Objector.Worked to achieve Peace since. It is necessary for individuals to take this stand and maintain it. War never solves anything - it accentuates any problem, whatever it is, and makes matters worse. There is no moral or humanitarian justification for it.”

“The conscientious objector is a revoultionary. On deciding to disobey the law he sacrifices his personal interests to the most important cause of working for the betterment of society.”

Important Law Causes Interest Sacrifice Dignity Betterment Personal Interest Conscientious Objectors

Book:The Ultimate Quotable Einstein

Source: The Ultimate Quotable Einstein