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I regard the principle of conscription of life as a flat contradiction of all our cherished ideals of individual freedom, democratic liberty and Christian teaching.

Roger Nash Baldwin

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Roger Nash Baldwin
Age: 97 †
Born: 1884
Born: January 21
Died: 1981
Died: August 26
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Wellesley
Massachusetts
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