Si, a lot of men make far greater sacrifices than he will. For the good of the country.
But he wouldn't even be consulted about it!
Neither are they; they're drafted into the army.
Well, maybe they should be asked, too.
He genuinely didn't understand. What do you mean?
Maybe it's wrong to force a man to join an army and kill other people against his own wishes.
They just looked at me. What I was saying was really incomprehensible to them.
Chapter 22 (p. 388) - Time and Again (1970)