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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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Grosjean v. American Press Co (1936)

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