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Quotes from To Local Board No. 63 — Bayard Rustin

1912–1987 United States

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That which separates man from his brother is evil and must be resisted.

To Local Board No. 63 (1943)

It is always timely and virtuous to change-to take in all humility a new path.

To Local Board No. 63 (1943)

Segregation, separation, according to Jesus, is the basis of continuous violence.

To Local Board No. 63 (1943)

War is wrong. Conscription is a concomitant of modern war. Thus conscription for so vast an evil as war is wrong.

To Local Board No. 63 (1943)

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.

To Local Board No. 63 (1943)

the basic spiritual truth that men are brothers in the sight of God

To Local Board No. 63 (1943)

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