George Mason Quotes
To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.
George Mason's address to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 14, 1788.
We came equals into this world, and equals shall we go out of it.
George Mason's remarks on Annual Elections for the Fairfax Independent Company, circa April 1775.
Virginia Bill of Rights article 12 (1776)
Virginia Declaration of Rights (Article 3), June 12, 1776.
George Mason's address to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 14, 1788.
"The Federal and State Constitutions Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the States, Territories, and Colonies Now or Heretofore Forming the United States of America" compiled and edited by Newton Thorpe, Washington, DC : Government Printing Office, 1909.
George Mason's address to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 17, 1788.
"The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution", vol. 3, edited by Jonathan Elliot, 1974.
Letter to George Washington, April 5, 1769.
Letter to William Cabell, May 6, 1783.
George Mason's remarks on Annual Elections for the Fairfax Independent Company, circa April 1775.
Virginia Bill of Rights article 3 (1776)
"The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution", vol. 3, edited by Jonathan Elliot, 1974.