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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sutherland/for-the-saddest-epitaph-which-can-be-carved-in-memory-of-a-vanished/)

[George Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sutherland/)

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## Other authors on Freedom Lost

## More by George Sutherland

> [“One who does a thing in order to avoid a monetary penalty does not agree; he yields to compulsion precisely the same as though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sutherland/one-who-does-a-thing-in-order-to-avoid-a-monetary-penalty-does-not/)

[George Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sutherland/)

> [The right to be heard would be, in many cases, of little avail if it did not comprehend the right to be heard by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sutherland/the-right-to-be-heard-would-be-in-many-cases-of-little-avail-if-it/)

[George Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sutherland/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sutherland/they-say-the-average-person-can-t-make-a-living-in-art-but-if-you/)

[George Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sutherland/)

> [A nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong place - like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sutherland/a-nuisance-may-be-merely-a-right-thing-in-the-wrong-place-like-a-pig/)

[George Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sutherland/for-the-saddest-epitaph-which-can-be-carved-in-memory-of-a-vanished/)

[George Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sutherland/the-legal-right-of-a-taxpayer-to-decrease-the-amount-of-what/)

[George Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sutherland/)

> [It is not the right of property which is protected, but the right to property. Property, per se, has no rights; but the individual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sutherland/it-is-not-the-right-of-property-which-is-protected-but-the-right-to/)

[George Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sutherland/a-free-press-stands-as-one-of-the-great-interpreters-between-the/)

[George Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sutherland/if-the-provisions-of-the-constitution-be-not-upheld-when-they-pinch/)

[George Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-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.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sutherland/do-the-people-of-this-land-desire-to-preserve-those-liberties/)

[George Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sutherland/)

> [For the saddest epitaph which can be carved in memory of a vanished liberty is that it was lost because its possessors failed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sutherland/for-the-saddest-epitaph-which-can-be-carved-in-memory-of-a-vanished-2/)

[George Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sutherland/)

> [To give a man his life but deny him his liberty, is to take from him all that makes his life worth living. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-sutherland/to-give-a-man-his-life-but-deny-him-his-liberty-is-to-take-from-him/)

[George Sutherland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-sutherland/)

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