Quotes by George Sutherland

About George Sutherland:

Alexander George Sutherland was an English-born U.S. jurist and political figure. One of four appointments to the Supreme Court by President Warren G. Harding, he served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court between 1922 and 1938.
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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

For the saddest epitaph which can be carved in memory of a vanished freedom is that it was lost because its possessors failed to stretch forth a saving hand while there was still time.

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

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

Author Bio

  • NameGeorge Sutherland
  • DescriptionAssociate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, United States Senator, member of the United States House of Representatives
  • BornMarch 25, 1862
  • DiedJuly 18, 1942
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Judge