All George Mason Quotes
I retired from public Business from a thorough Conviction that it was not in my Power to do any Good, and very much disgusted with Measures, which appeared to me inconsistent with common Policy and Justice.
George Mason
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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.
George Mason
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Taught to regard a part of our own Species in the most abject and contemptible Degree below us, we lose that Idea of the dignity of Man which the Hand of Nature had implanted in us, for great and useful purposes.
George Mason
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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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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
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I begin to grow heartily tired of the etiquette and nonsense so fashionable in this city.
George Mason
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Attend with Diligence and strict Integrity to the Interest of your Correspondents and enter into no Engagements which you have not the almost certain Means of performing.
George Mason
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I wish I knew where to get a good one myself; for I find cold Sheets extreamly disagreeable.
George Mason
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We came equals into this world, and equals shall we go out of it.
George Mason
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I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials.
George Mason
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As nations can not be rewarded or punished in the next world they must be in this.
George Mason
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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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