George Mason
1725-1792
...there never was a government over a very extensive country without detroying the liberties of the people.
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To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.
No free government, or the blessings 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.
...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. We should wear it as a breastplate, and buckle it on as our armour.
We came equals into this world, and equals shall we go out of it. All men are by nature born equally free and independent.
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