WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:45:51 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg Burger, Warren – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Burger, Warren -- Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972) [majority opinion] https://wist.info/burger-warren/18839/ https://wist.info/burger-warren/18839/#respond Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:53:06 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=18839 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, lawyer; US Supreme Court Chief Justice (1969–86)
Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972) [majority opinion]

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