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."

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

"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 g…"

"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."

"It is impossible to concede that, by the words "freedom of the press," the framers of the amendment intended to adopt merely the narrow view then reflected by the law of England that such freedom cons…"

"Do the people of this land—in the providence of God, favored, as they sometimes boast, above all others in the plenitude of their liberties—desire to preserve those so carefully protected by the First…"

"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."

"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 educated layman has small and sometimes no skill in t…"