Quotes by George Mason

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 nations can not be rewarded or punished in the next world they must be in this. (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)

I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials. (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. (George Mason)

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)

I wish I knew where to get a good one myself; for I find cold Sheets extreamly disagreeable. (George Mason)

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)