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, cannot be doubted.

— George Sutherland

The liberty of the individual to do as he pleases, even in innocent matters, is not absolute. It must frequently yield to the common good.

— 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

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

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, cannot be doubted.

— George Sutherland

Since informed public opinion is the most potent of all restraints upon misgovernment, the suppression or abridgement of the publicity afforded by a free press cannot be regarded otherwise than with grave concern.

— George Sutherland

The tax here involved is bad not because it takes money from the pockets of the appellees. If that were all, a wholly different question would be presented. It is bad because, in the light of its history and of its present setting, it is seen to be a deliberate and calculated device in the guise of a tax to limit the circulation of information to which the public is entitled in virtue of the constitutional guaranties.

— 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