"The draft is a monstrous violation of individual liberty, and even a good motive cannot make it otherwise. In a free society no one should be compelled to take up arms, or be forced to kill or risk being killed... But who can blame prospective volunteers from doubting that there is a threat from Iraq? The Bush administration has yet to make a persuasive argument to that effect."

-- Sheldon Richman

#Iraq Quotes #Volunteer Quotes #Risk Quotes

“We may lack riches, but the greatest fortune is what lies in our hearts.”
“For historical currents do not irresistibly propel themselves and everyone in their path. No matter what their broader structural or ideological roots, they both carry along and are carried along by people, who are not merely passengers of history, but pilots as well.”

Source : Doug McAdam (1988). “Freedom Summer”, Oxford University Press, USA
“The age of the pulp magazine was the last in which youngsters, to get their primitive material, were forced to be literate.”
“I was raised right â€” I talk about people behind their backs. It's called manners.”
“Blade Runner's just a noir at the end of the day. Rosemary's Baby is about the fear of having a child and how that gets in the way of a romantic relationship. Or whatever it is, and you add that extra element that blows your mind apart.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The noblest search is the search for excellence.”
“I have heard people eat most heartily of another man's meat, that is, what they do not pay for.”

Source : William Wycherley (2014). “The Country Wife”, p.136, A&C Black
“In the relationship between man and religion, the state is firmly committed to a position of neutrality.”

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