George Sutherland, (1862-1942) U. S. Supreme Court Justice Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-3] of 3 George Sutherland quotesGeorge Sutherland QuotesGeorge 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 encroachment. For the saddest epitaph which can be carved in memory of a vanquished liberty is that it was lost because its possessors failed to stretch for a saving hand while yet there was time.~ 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 If a juror accepts as the law that which the judge states, then the juror has accepted the exercise of absolute authority of a government employee and has surrendered a power and right that once was the citizen's safeguard of liberty.~ Justice Theophilus Parsons Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print