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> [The question then will be, whether a consolidated government can preserve the freedom and secure the rights of the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mason/the-question-then-will-be-whether-a-consolidated-government-can/)

[George Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mason/)

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## More by George Mason

> [This cold weather has set all the young Folks to providing Bedfellows. I have signed two or three Licences every Day \[as a Fairfax…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mason/this-cold-weather-has-set-all-the-young-folks-to-providing-bedfellows/)

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> [“To disarm the people--that was the best and most effective way to enslave them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mason/to-disarm-the-people-that-was-the-best-and-most-effective-way-to/)

[George Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mason/)

> [ I charge \[my sons\] never to let the motives of private interest or ambition to influence them to betray, nor the terrors of poverty… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mason/i-charge-my-sons-never-to-let-the-motives-of-private-interest-or/)

[George Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mason/)

> [That general warrants, whereby an officer or messenger may be commanded to search suspected places without evidence of a fact committed, or to seize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mason/that-general-warrants-whereby-an-officer-or-messenger-may-be/)

[George Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mason/)

> [Who are the militia, if they be not the people, of this country...? I ask who are the militia? They consist now of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mason/who-are-the-militia-if-they-be-not-the-people-of-this-country-i-ask/)

[George Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mason/)

> [To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mason/to-disarm-the-people-was-the-best-and-most-effectual-way-to-enslave/)

[George Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mason/)

> [The poor despise labor when performed by slaves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mason/the-poor-despise-labor-when-performed-by-slaves/)

[George Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mason/)

> [We owe to our Mother-Country the Duty of Subjects but will not pay her the Submission of Slaves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mason/we-owe-to-our-mother-country-the-duty-of-subjects-but-will-not-pay/)

[George Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mason/)

> [I have been for some time in Retirement, and shall not probably return again to public Life; yet my Anxiety for my Country, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mason/i-have-been-for-some-time-in-retirement-and-shall-not-probably-return/)

[George Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mason/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mason/i-determined-to-spend-the-remainder-of-my-days-in-privacy-and/)

[George Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mason/)

> [That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mason/that-no-man-or-set-of-men-are-entitled-to-exclusive-or-separate/)

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> [That the people have a right to uniform government; and, therefore, that no government separate from, or independent of the government of Virginia, ought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mason/that-the-people-have-a-right-to-uniform-government-and-therefore-that/)

[George Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mason/a-few-years-experience-will-convince-us-that-those-things-which-at/)

[George Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mason/every-society-all-government-and-every-kind-of-civil-compact/)

[George Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-mason/)

> [In all our associations; in all our agreements let us never lose sight of this fundamental maxim - that all power was originally lodged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-mason/in-all-our-associations-in-all-our-agreements-let-us-never-lose-sight/)

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