Author: George Mason

Quotes

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

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

- George Mason

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.

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.

- George Mason

All men are by nature born equally free and independent.

All men are by nature born equally free and independent.

- George Mason

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.

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.

- George Mason

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.

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.

- George Mason

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