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George Mason
 
Date of birth: 11 December 1725
Date of death: 07 October 1792
Country Of Origin: America
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" A few years' experience will convince us that those things which at the time they happened we regarded as our greatest misfortunes have proved our greatest blessings. "

George Mason
" All men are by nature born equally free and independent. "

George Mason
" As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this disgraceful trade, because it would bring weakness and not strength to the union. "

George Mason
" As nations can not be rewarded or punished in the next world they must be in this. "

George Mason
" 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
" 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
" 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
" Happiness and Prosperity are now within our Reach; but to attain and preserve them must depend upon our own Wisdom and Virtue. "

George Mason
" I am now pretty far advanced in life, and all my views are center'd in the Happiness and well-fare of my children; you will therefore find from me every Indulgence which you have a right to expect from an affectionate Parent. "

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" I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials. "

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" I begin to grow heartily tired of the etiquette and nonsense so fashionable in this city. "

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" I determined to spend the Remainder of my Days in privacy and Retirement with my Children, from whose Society alone I cou'd expect Comfort. "

George Mason
" I have been for some time in Retirement, and shall not probably return again to public Life; yet my Anxiety for my Country, in these Times of Danger, makes me sometimes dabble a little in Politicks, and keep up a Correspondence with some Men upon the public Stage. "

George Mason
" I most sincerely condole with you for the loss of your dear little girl, but it is our duty to submit with all the resignation human nature is capable of to the dispensation of Divine Providence which bestows upon us our blessings, and consequently has a right to take them away. "

George Mason
" I quitted my Seat in the House of Delegates, from a Conviction that I was no longer able to do any essential Service. "

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