GMGeorge Mason

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George Mason

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01Undated

The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.

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02Undated

I retired from public Business from a thorough Conviction that it was not in my Power to do any Good, and very much disgusted with Measures, which appeared to me inconsistent with common Policy and Justice.

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03Undated

All men are by nature born equally free and independent.

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04Undated

Habituated from our Infancy to trample upon the Rights of Human Nature, every generous, every liberal Sentiment, if not extinguished, is enfeebled in our Minds.

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05Undated

As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this disgraceful trade, because it would bring weakness and not strength to the union.

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06Undated

We came equals into this world, and equals shall we go out of it.

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07Undated

Your dear baby has died innocent and blameless, and has been called away by an all wise and merciful Creator, most probably from a life to misery and misfortune, and most certainly to one of happiness and bliss.

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08Undated

Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and safety of the community.

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09Undated

In all our associations; in all our agreements let us never lose sight of this fundamental maxim - that all power was originally lodged in, and consequently is derived from, the people.

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10Undated

A few years' experience will convince us that those things which at the time they happened we regarded as our greatest misfortunes have proved our greatest blessings.

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