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The Fourth Nuremberg Principle states:"The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility under ... law, provided a moral choice was in fact possible to him".

According to "First Principles," a citizen is a sovereign, self-governing entity. When a citizen volunteers to defend his nation, he is assuming the highest responsibility of citizenship. As such, the soldier is the highest form of citizen (if such a thing may be ranked).

There are some who wish to curtail the natural rights and franchises of soldiers within the ranks which normally accrue to citizens. They wish soldiers to be mindless servants of the "king," tools of state authority to subjugate the masses, etc.

Soldiers -- as citizens -- do not forfeit (i.e. lay aside) their natural rights and privileges (and responsibilities). They may temper certain aspects of their rights as citizens for the sake of good order and discipline, but they are not mindless cannon-fodder bound to unquestioning obedience and loyalty to ambitious politicians.

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