Bernard Chazelle citations

Bernard Chazelle, né le 5 novembre 1955 à Clamart, est un mathématicien et informaticien franco-américain, professeur à l'université de Princeton. Une grande partie de ses travaux concerne la géométrie algorithmique. Wikipedia

✵ 5. novembre 1955

Bernard Chazelle: Citations en anglais

“I deny any government, elected or not, the right to kidnap my children and ship them off to a battlefield to kill or be killed. I accept to pay taxes and that's the sum total of my debt to my government. In every other respect, my government owes me, not the other way around.Conscription is the most fundamental denial of liberty, on a par with slavery.I am not a pacifist and I support a professional army. But I oppose the draft even in times of war. If your country cannot find enough volunteers to defend itself when attacked, then it's not worth defending.”

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Bernard Chazelle

"If You Want a Draft, Draft Yourself!," http://www.tinyrevolution.com/mt/archives/002495.html A Tiny Revolution (2008-08-16)