“Conscription is the vitality of a nation, the purification of its morality, and the real foundations of all its habits” RealNationsMilitaryHabitMoralityFoundationVitalityPurificationConscription Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“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, I hold that segregation in any part of the body politic is an act of slavery and an act of war.” WarBodyIssuesMilitaryTrainingUniversalSlaveryPreparationOpponentsSegregationParts Of The BodyConscriptionMilitary Training Book:Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin Source: Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin
“A free government with an uncontrolled power of military conscription is the most ridiculous and abominable contradiction and nonsense that ever entered into the heads of men.” MenWarGovernmentMilitaryRidiculousContradictionNonsenseAnti WarFree GovernmentConscription Author:Daniel Webster
“Who will show me any Constitutional injunction which makes it the duty of the American people to surrender everything valuable in life, and even life, itself, whenever the purposes of an ambitious and mischievous government may require it? ... A free government with an uncontrolled power of military conscription is the most ridiculous and abominable contradiction and nonsense that ever entered into the heads of men.” PeopleMenMayShowsGovernmentAmericaPurposeMilitaryDutyValuableRidiculousSurrenderContradictionNonsenseAmbitiousShow MeFree GovernmentMischievousConscription Author:Daniel Webster
“Realistically speaking, Ayn Rand should not have opposed the antidraft movement and supported the Vietnam War effort - in effect, she supported military conscription.” ShouldWarEffortEffectsMilitaryMovementVietnamVietnam WarConscription Author:Murray Bookchin
“[Ayn] Rand accepts that when she supports military conscription, even indirectly. Also, she starts her politics from the premise that the State must have police power. She fails to take into account the inevitability that once you start with police power you're going to have a police State.” StatesAcceptingSupportFailingMilitaryAccountsPolicePremisesInevitabilityPolice StateConscriptionPolice Power Author:Murray Bookchin