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War is wrong. Conscription is a concomitant of modern war. Thus conscription for so vast an evil as war is wrong. - Bayard Rustin
" "War is wrong. Conscription is a concomitant of modern war. Thus conscription for so vast an evil as war is wrong.
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Bayard Rustin (/ˈbaɪərd/; March 17, 1912 – August 24, 1987) was an African-American leader in the movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania where his family was involved in civil rights work. In 1936, he moved to Harlem, New York City and earned a living as a nightclub and stage singer.
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The Conscription Act denies brotherhood-the most basic New Testament teaching. Its design and purpose is to set men apart-German against American, American against Japanese. Its aim springs from a moral impossibility-that ends justify means, that from unfriendly acts a new and friendly world can emerge.
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