Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and… — George Mason Copy Share Image
The question then will be, whether a consolidated government can preserve the freedom and secure the rights of the people. — George Mason Copy Share Image
The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments. — George Mason Copy Share Image
No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation,… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Whatever power may be necessary for the National Government a certain portion must necessarily be left in the States. It is impossible… — George Mason Copy Share Image
That the people have a right to uniform government; and, therefore, that no government separate from, or independent of the government of… — George Mason Copy Share Image
If I can only live to see the American union firmly fixed, and free governments well established in our western world, and… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit and security of the people, nation or community; whenever any government… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all… — George Mason Copy Share Image
We are now to rank among the nations of the world; but whether our Independence shall prove a blessing or a curse… — George Mason Copy Share Image
That no free government, nor the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice,… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community... when any… — George Mason Copy Share Image
This cold weather has set all the young Folks to providing Bedfellows. I have signed two or three Licences every Day [as a Fairfax… — George Mason Copy Share
“To disarm the people--that was the best and most effective way to enslave them.” — George Mason Copy Share
I charge [my sons] never to let the motives of private interest or ambition to influence them to betray, nor the terrors of poverty… — George Mason Copy Share
That general warrants, whereby an officer or messenger may be commanded to search suspected places without evidence of a fact committed, or to seize… — George Mason Copy Share
Who are the militia, if they be not the people, of this country...? I ask who are the militia? They consist now of the… — George Mason Copy Share
To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them. — George Mason Copy Share
We owe to our Mother-Country the Duty of Subjects but will not pay her the Submission of Slaves. — George Mason Copy Share
I have been for some time in Retirement, and shall not probably return again to public Life; yet my Anxiety for my Country, in… — George Mason Copy Share
I determined to spend the Remainder of my Days in privacy and Retirement with my Children, from whose Society alone I cou'd expect Comfort. — George Mason Copy Share
That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public… — George Mason Copy Share
That the people have a right to uniform government; and, therefore, that no government separate from, or independent of the government of Virginia, ought… — George Mason Copy Share
A few years' experience will convince us that those things which at the time they happened we regarded as our greatest misfortunes have proved… — George Mason Copy Share
Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and safety of… — George Mason Copy Share
In all our associations; in all our agreements let us never lose sight of this fundamental maxim - that all power was originally lodged… — George Mason Copy Share
