Who can I attribute as the source of the quote: “The Needs of many outweigh needs of the few” (or something like that)
Thanks,
E3
Captain Spock, in Star Trek II.
It’s John Stuart Mill, utilitarian extraordinaire. Spock, of course, was quoting him.
^:)^ ^:)^ GEEK ALERT! GEEK ALERT! ^:)^ ^:)^
At least John Stuart Mill, unlike Sherlock Holmes, is * real*.
Oooooh, John Stuat mill
of his own free will
on a half a pint of shanty
was particularily ill…
Say, what is shanty anyway?
Are you sure it wasn’t ‘shandy’?
Shandy is a mix of half beer and half lemonade.
As my UK friends have described it, shandy (not shanty) is a mixture of beer and what they call “lemonade” (a lemon-flavored soda, sort of like Sprite) – it’s commonly given to teens as an introduction to the wonderful world of alcohol.
Of course Spock is real. And Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Shandy’s probably right, since it’s from a Monty Python song. Sorry for the hijack! 
I agree that the name of the drink is probably shandy.
A shanty is a small hut or shed like ice fishermen use.
Well, yeah, I know what a shanty is, but thanks to cocksucker cowboys I’ve discovered a drink can be named anything!
(a cocksucker cowboy is a mixed drink that my ex-boss loved)
A “Shandy”, as in Tristam Shandy, is half lemonade and half beer.
The quotation is one of those which is so so basic and obvious that it likely has many originators. For instance, a variation is found in the Gospel According to St. John, where Caiaphus (spelling?) observes that it is better for one man to die than for a nation to suffer–his justification for handing over Jesus.