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Biography: George Mason is known for being a founding father of the United States... more Biography: George Mason is known for being a founding father of the United States and author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights. Born in 1725, Mason was a prominent Virginia planter and politician who played a key role in advocating for individual liberties and shaping the U.S. Constitution, though he did not sign it due to concerns over the absence of a bill of rights. less
"A well regulated Militia composed of the body of the people trained to arms is the proper natural and safe defense of a free State"
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"The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty and can never be restrained but by despotic governments"
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"That no free government or the blessing 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"
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"That all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights of which when they enter into a state of society they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity"
Tags: Freedom, Society, Independence, Equality, Civil rights
"To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them"
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"All men are by nature born equally free and independent"
Tags: Philosophy, Freedom, Independence, Justice, Equality
"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials"
Tags: Government, Democracy, Civic duty, Self-defense, Citizens
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