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CUDDY: Oh, I looked up that philosopher you quoted, Jagger, and you’re right. You can’t always get what you want. But as it turns out, if you try sometimes, you get what you need.

David Shore (b. 1959) Canadian writer, lawyer, screenwriter, television producer
House, ep. 1.01 “Pilot”

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.

Warren Burger (1907-1995) American jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1969-86)
Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972) – majority opinion (15 May 1972)
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Majority opinion in 6-1 ruling that freed members of religious sects from compulsory school attendance after the 8th grade.

Boys, have you been following those appropriations? Well, the Secretary of the Treasury has asked Congress to please wait before passing any more appropriations. But Congress says: No! We are going to divide it up now. What do you suppose we are in Congress for, if it ain’t to split up the swag? Please pass the gravy.

Will Rogers (1879-1935) American humorist
The Autobiography of Will Rogers, 1 Jan 1928 [ed. Donald Day (1949)]
Often paraphrased as "What do you suppose they are in the Congress for, if it ain't to split up the swag?"

He who has his thumb on the purse has the power.

[Wer den Daumen auf dem Beutel hat, der hat die Macht.]

Otto von Bismark (1815-1898) Prussian statesman
Speech to North German Reichstag (21 May 1869)

As it is not to be imagined that the fornicator and the blasphemer can partake of the sacred Table, so it is impossible that he who has an enemy, and bears malice, can enjoy the holy Communion. [...] I forewarn, and testify, and proclaim this with a voice that all may hear! “Let no one who hath an enemy draw near the sacred Table, or receive the Lord’s Body! Let no one who draws near have an enemy! Do you have an enemy? Draw not near! Do you wish to draw near? Be reconciled, and then draw near, and touch the Holy Thing!”

St. John Chrysostom (c. 347-407) Syrian prelate
Homilies on the Statutes, Homily 20
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