"That no free government, nor the blessings of……" — George Mason
"That no free government, nor the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles; and by the recognition by all citizens that they have duties as well as rights, and that such rights cannot be enjoyed save in a society where law is respected and due process is observed."
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42 Quotes by George Mason
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The laws of nature are the laws of God, whose authority can be superseded by no power on earth.
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No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to…
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The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind.
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[W]hen the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British Parliament was advised by an artful man,…
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I ask you sir, who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people.
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That the people have a Right to mass and to bear arms; that a well regulated militia composed of the…
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The [President's] Nomination, of Course, brings the Subject fully under the Consideration of the Senate; who have then a Right…
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Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit and security of the people, nation or community; whenever…
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Habituated from our Infancy to trample upon the Rights of Human Nature, every generous, every liberal Sentiment, if not extinguished,…
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As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the…
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Attend with Diligence and strict Integrity to the Interest of your Correspondents and enter into no Engagements which you have…
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I retired from public Business from a thorough Conviction that it was not in my Power to do any Good,…
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Pakistan is heir to an intellectual tradition of which the illustrious exponent was the poet and philosopher Mohammad Iqbal. He…
— Benazir Bhutto
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Continued adherence to a policy of compulsory education is utterly incompatible with efforts to establish lasting peace.
— Ludwig von Mises
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No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to…
— George Mason
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For the totalitarian mind, adherence to state propaganda does not suffice: one must display proper enthusiasm while marching in the…
— Noam Chomsky
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Golfers should not fail to realize that it is a game of great traditions, of high ideals of sportsmanship, one…
— Unknown Author
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The ultimate success of this government and the stability of its institutions, its progress in all that can make a…
— Jon Lord
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What are the maxims of Democracy? A strict observance of justice and public faith, and a steady adherence to virtue.
— John Marshall
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By a steady adherence to the Union we may hope, erelong, to become the arbiter of Europe in America, and…
— Alexander Hamilton
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It is not our affluence, or our plumbing, or our clogged freeways that grip the imagination of others. Rather, it…
— J. William Fulbright
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I am tolerably ignorant about Judaism, and much of what I do know about it seems hard to swallow, because…
— Fred Melamed
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It is time that Christians were judged more by their likeness to Christ than their notions of Christ. Were this…
— Lucretia Mott
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There are more than 9,000 billing codes for individual procedures and units of care. But there is not a single…
— Clayton Christensen
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