George Sutherland Quote

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


Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell, 290 U.S. 398, 483 (1934).


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

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

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

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