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 Business
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 Power
Your dear baby has died innocent and blameless, and has been called away by an all wise and merciful Creator, most probably from a life to misery and misfortune, and most certainly to one of happiness and bliss. -George Mason Happiness
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 Good
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 Power
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 Society
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 Government
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 Nature
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 Strength
