Quotes About The Military Draft

#1. I had a very strong feeling about the Vietnam War, and I had a strong feeling about participating in it. The military draft was in place, I was summoned for a physical exam, and I was either going to be classified as fit for military service or make my objection to it. So I made my objection to it.

Harrison Ford

#2. Since January 2003, at the height of the debate on the possible unilateral strike against Iraq, I have advocated for a reinstatement of the military draft to ensure a more equitable representation of people making sacrifices in wars in which the United States is engaged.

Charles B. Rangel

#3. So - if the oldest memories could contaminate one another, could prove impossible - what good was memory at al?

Gregory Maguire

#4. Perspective is a law of optics ... The Chinese did not have a system like it. Indeed, it is said they rejected the idea of the vanishing point in the eleventh century, because it meant the viewer was not there, indeed, had no movement, therefore was not alive.

David Hockney

#5. Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful

William Arthur Ward

#6. My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

Quentin Crisp

#7. The heavy guitars are the ones that sound good. They are not that comfortable, but they do sound great.

Neal Schon

#8. I'm against the draft. I believe we should have a professional military; it might be smaller, but it would be more effective.

Jesse Ventura

#9. I like light, color, luminosity. I like things full of color and vibrant.

Oscar De La Renta

#10. Since we replaced the compulsory military draft with an all-volunteer force in 1973, our nation has been making decisions about wars without worry over who fights them. I sincerely believe that reinstating the draft would compel the American public to have a stake in the wars we fight as a nation.

Charles B. Rangel

#11. Writing a first-draft battle scene is akin to real combat - chaos, confusion, and you must keep your cool as you fire word bullets downrange.

Don Roff

#12. With no draft, the only people who went to war were those who wanted to, or at least those who wanted to join the military.

Tim O'Brien