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We came equals into this world, and equals shall we go out of it.

As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union,...

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In all our associations; in all our agreements let us never lose sight of this fundamental maxim - t...

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Your dear baby has died innocent and blameless, and has been called away by an all wise and merciful...

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Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calcula...

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Habituated from our Infancy to trample upon the Rights of Human Nature, every generous, every libera...

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The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty and can never be restrained but by ...

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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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A few years' experience will convince us that those things which at the time they happened we regard...

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All men are by nature born equally free and independent.

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George Mason

Statesman

Born: 1725-12-11

Died: 1792-10-07

George Mason (sometimes referred to as George Mason IV) (December 11, 1725 – October 7, 1792) was a Virginia planter, politician, and a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, one of three men who refused to sign. His writings, including substantial portions of the Fairfax Resolves of 1774, the Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776, and his Objections to this Constitution of Government (1787) in opposition to ratification of the constitution, have been a significant influence on political thought and events. The Virginia Declaration of Rights served as a basis for the United States Bill of Rights, of which he has been deemed the father.More