George Mason Quotes

Biography: George Mason is known for being a founding father of the United States... more Biography: George Mason is known for being a founding father of the United States and author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights. Born in 1725, Mason was a prominent Virginia planter and politician who played a key role in advocating for individual liberties and shaping the U.S. Constitution, though he did not sign it due to concerns over the absence of a bill of rights. less

"A well regulated Militia composed of the body of the people trained to arms is the proper natural and safe defense of a free State""The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty and can never be restrained but by despotic governments""That no free government or the blessing of liberty can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice moderation temperance frugality and virtue and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles""That all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights of which when they enter into a state of society they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity""To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them""All men are by nature born equally free and independent""I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials"

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