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Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

History demonstrates that previous military drawdowns invited aggression by our enemies. After World War I, America drew down forces until the U.S. Army had fewer than 100,000 men in uniform. That weakness invited Nazi aggression in Europe and the imperial Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor.

To summarize, draft resistance can make use of the inegalitarian nature of American society as a technique for increasing the cost of American aggression, and it threatens values that are important to those in a decision-making position.

Since far fewer people are recruited to serve in a voluntary military, the connection between America and its military is increasingly tenuous and less personal.

One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.

Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who fear the consequences and detest the reality of the attempt to impose American hegemony.

The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.

The resistance does not mean that everyone can carry a weapon. The weapon is only for the people of the weapons.

The U.S. military is the best-trained, most effective fighting force the world has ever known. And the conduct of the vast majority of our service members makes Americans rightfully proud.

If you militarise a situation, you beg for an armed response.