Selective Service Act may refer to:
- Selective Service Act of 1917, or Selective Draft Act, enacted May 18, 1917, for the American entry into World War I
- Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, enacted September 16, 1940, in preparation for the American entry into World War II
- Selective Service Act of 1948, enacted June 24, 1948, also known as the:
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- Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1951, as renamed and amended by Pub.L. 82-51, 65 Stat. 75, enacted June 19, 1951
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- Military Selective Service Act of 1967, as renamed and amended by Pub.L. 90-40, 81 Stat. 100, enacted June 30, 1967
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- Military Selective Service Act, as renamed and amended by Pub.L. 92-129, 85 Stat. 348, enacted September 28, 1971
Famous quotes containing the words selective, service and/or act:
“The selective memory isn’t selective enough.”
—Blake Morrison (b. 1950)
“I can counterfeit the deep tragedian,
Speak, and look back, and pry on every side,
Tremble and start at wagging of a straw,
Intending deep suspicion. Ghastly looks
Are at my service like enforced smiles,
And both are ready in their offices
At any time to grace my stratagems.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“There is a distinction to be drawn between true collectors and accumulators. Collectors are discriminating; accumulators act at random. The Collyer brothers, who died among the tons of newspapers and trash with which they filled every cubic foot of their house so that they could scarcely move, were a classic example of accumulators, but there are many of us whose houses are filled with all manner of things that we “can’t bear to throw away.””
—Russell Lynes (1910–1991)