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"I am an opponent of war and of war preparations and an opponent of universal military training and c..." — Bayard Rustin
I am an opponent of war and of war preparations and an opponent of universal military training and conscription; but entirely apart from that issue, I hold that segregation in any part of the body politic is an act of slavery and an act of war.
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