To give a man his life but deny him his liberty, is to take from him all that makes his life worth living. To give him his liberty but take from him …

- George Sutherland

The right to be heard would be, in many cases, of little avail if it did not comprehend the right to be heard by counsel. Even the intelligent and ed…

- George Sutherland

It is not the right of property which is protected, but the right to property. Property, per se, has no rights; but the individual - the man - has th…

- George Sutherland

Do the people of this land…desire to preserve those [liberties] protected by the First Amendment… If so, let them withstand all beginnings of encroac…

- George Sutherland

The legal right of a taxpayer to decrease the amount of what otherwise would be his taxes, or altogether avoid them, by means which the law permits, …

- George Sutherland

A free press stands as one of the great interpreters between the government and the people. To allow it to be fettered is to fetter ourselves.

- George Sutherland

A nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong place - like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard.

- George Sutherland

They say the average person can't make a living in art... but if you tell me there's something I can't do, that's what I have to do.

- George Sutherland

If the provisions of the Constitution be not upheld when they pinch as well as when they comfort, they may as well be abandoned.

- George Sutherland