Besides it must always be remembered that conscription gives a Government power to initiate an iniquitous war, whereas Voluntaryism keeps the national life clean and healthy.
"The Healing of Nations and the Hidden Sources of Their Strife"
Edward Carpenter
As far as can be seen, all that has been written, published and preached on this subject seems to resolve itself into simply this-Try to do the best you can with the material you have, the short time allotted to this work, usually one hour a week, and the absolute Voluntaryism of the whole undertaking.
"The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia"
William James Miller
But, though justly celebrated as a preacher and a divine, he is more widely known for his able advocacy of Voluntaryism, in opposition to Church Establishments, his early and steady services in behalf of negro emancipation, and his devotion to the general cause of civil and religious liberty.
"Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland"
Henry B. Stanton