Justifying conscription to promote the cause of liberty is one of the most bizarre notions ever conceived by man! Forced servitude, with the risk of death and serious injury as a price to live free, makes no sense.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I regard the principle of conscription of life as a flat contradiction of all our cherished ideals of individual freedom, democratic liberty and Christian teaching.
History has taught us over and over again that freedom is not free. When push comes to shove, the ultimate protectors of freedom and liberty are the brave men and women in our armed forces. Throughout our history, they've answered the call in bravery and sacrifice.
War is wrong. Conscription for war is inconsistent with freedom of conscience, which is not merely the right to believe but to act on the degree of truth that one receives, to follow a vocation which is God-inspired and God-directed.
The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility.
It appears first, that liberty is a natural, and government an adventitious right, because all men were originally free.
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription.
To force a man to pay for the violation of his own liberty is indeed an addition of insult to injury.
Liberty means responsibility. That's why most men dread it.
The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule.
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