<TITLE>19. Par -</TITLE>L-30-4 Now, absolutes... We're talking... absolute... You know, our Supreme Court is an absolute. It's a absolute; it's the--it's the final end of all arguments in this nation. That's right. Their decision is an absolute in our Supreme Court. That's right. Oh, I know sometimes we don't like it, but it's--it's an absolute anyhow. Yes, sir. What if we didn't have that, then what? But that's an absolute. Certainly is. Why? That's--our nation is tied to that.
When that Supreme Court finally makes their final decision, that's it; there's no... Where you going to after that? You're going to follow their decision; that's all; you've got to. They are the last word; they're the "amen."
You can try it in local city courts; you can try it magistrate, and then go to federal--to all kinds of courts, and to federal courts; but when we've come to the Supreme Court, that's it. That's right. Sometimes we don't like to--say, "Well, I don't like their decision," but you try to get away from it once. That's the nation's absolute. And what if we didn't have it? Yes.
We have to have an absolute. Everybody has to have one. You've got one. But what I'm trying to tell you, background there and show you what absolutes are.
Now, the nation's Supreme Court is the nation's absolute. That's the last thing in any kind of a fuss. They settle it. What they say, that's it.

L-31-3 There's an absolute at a ball game. That's the umpire. Oh, yeah. Sometimes we don't like his decision either, but it's--it's--it's that anyhow. The umpire, his decision is the final word. That's right. No matter what others say; if he says it's a strike, it's a strike. That's right. Certainly. No matter what others say, that don't have nothing to do with it. And let's just think of it. If you's... (I don't go to ball games, but I just happened to jot that down.) An umpire, he's the absolute at the ball game.
One of them say, "That was a ball."
Another say, "You're a liar."
This say, "This isn't that way; he ought to be this way."
The umpire said, "Strike."
See? The rest of them take their seat and set down. They gripe, some of them, but... I imagine they'd "boo" at him down in their heart and things, but it's a strike anyhow. Why? He's the final word.
First baseman said, "You know that, that passed."
The other say, "You know that's wrong."
He'd say, "Strike." That's all of it. "Shut up then, go on back to your place."

L-31-5 What if there wasn't an umpire at the ball game? My, could you imagine what kind of a game that would be? One of them said, "It was a strike." Another said this; another said that.
Another said, "You're a liar."
They'd be fuss and a fight. To have a ball game, you got to have an absolute. And he walks out there, and no matter if you don't like him or what, he--he's the absolute anyhow. He is the absolute; his word is final. No matter what you say about it, it's that way. Now, if they didn't, the whole game would go into chaos. Is that right?

L-32-2 What would the nation be if there wasn't a federal court? There wasn't Supreme Court in this nation, what would it go--where would it go to? The nation would be in a chaos.
If there wasn't a--if there wasn't a umpire at a ball game, it would wind up--you wouldn't make the first throw till somebody'd be fussing. Somebody stand there and maybe the--really went right on the plate, and the other guy'd say, "Oh, no. No, no, no. It didn't do that." And then, there you go. First ball was throwed, they'd argue about it. One of them said, "That was a strike."
They'd say, "It wasn't a strike."
See? You've got to have somebody that game's tied to, and that's the umpire. When he says, "Strike," it's strike. If he says, "Ball," it's ball. Whatever he says, it goes. That's it. And if you didn't, you wouldn't have no game.


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