United States Supreme Court (1987) in the case of Edwards v. Aquillard, 482 U.S., 96 L.Ed.2d 510, 535 (1987), Justice Powell and O'Connor concurring, stated:
<The book [Bible] is, in fact, "the world's all-time best seller" with undoubted literary and historic value apart from its religious content. f.n.-See N.Y. Times, May 10, 1981, Sec. 2, p. 24, col.3; N. McWhirter, 1986 Guiness Book of World Records (the Bible is the world's most widely distributed book).> 1987US001
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1987US001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). United States Supreme Court, 1987, in the case of Edwards v. Aquillard, 482 U.S. , 96 L.Ed.2d 510, 535 (1987), Justice Powell and O'Connor concurring. Elizabeth Ridenour, Public Schools-Bible Curriculum (Greensboro, N.C.: National Council On Bible Curriculum, 1996), p. 29. Robert K. Skolrood, The National Legal Foundation, letter to National Council on the Bible Curriculum in Public Schools, Sept. 13, 1994, p. 29.