Dr. Ron Paul, Draft Resister

"Much has been made by the new administration of the idea of national service and volunteerism," notes the Honorable Congressman Ron Paul, pinting out the "troubling signs that national service could transition from voluntary to mandatory" — The Draft: Just Say No:

Involuntary servitude was supposed to be abolished by the 13th Amendment, but things like Selective Service and the income tax make me wonder how serious we really are in defending just basic freedom. The income tax enslaves workers for nearly four months out of a year by garnishing what amounts to all their wages in that period of time. A military draft could demand your very life, without your consent. This should be unthinkable in a free society.

More on Dr. No's consistent, principled, and conservative opposition to conscription:

A video from last week in which Dr. No "discusses a framed Robert Taft quote that hangs on his wall concerning the draft, his personal experiences with the draft, and his thoughts today on its possible return" — Ron Paul On The Draft

"It is time to abolish the Selective Service System and resign military conscription to the dustbin of American history," he wrote in 2006 — Rethinking the Draft

"The draft, whether for military purposes or some form of 'national service,' violates the basic moral principles of individual liberty upon which this country was founded," he said to his fellow congressmen in 2004 — Reject Draft Slavery.

"It is no exaggeration to state that military conscription is better suited for a totalitarian government, such as the recently dethroned Taliban regime, than a free society," he said to the same august body in 2002 — The Military Draft and Slavery.