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.


Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2003) - ISBN: 9781573446334

Bayard Rustin Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...