| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
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| NUMBER: | 1702 |
| AUTHOR: | Warren E Burger, Chief Justice, US Supreme Court |
| QUOTATION: | There can be no assumption that today’s majority is “right” and the Amish and others like them are “wrong.” A way of life that is odd or even erratic but interferes with no rights or interests of others is not to be condemned because it is different. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Majority opinion in 6-1 ruling that freed members of religious sects from compulsory school attendance, 15 May 72 |
| SUBJECTS: | The World: Law: Judicial Opinions |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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