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First Principles: I Ask Sir, What Is the Militia? It Is the Whole People Except For A Few Public Officials
“I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials.” – George Mason
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First Principles: The Laws of Nature Are the Laws of God, Whose Authority Can Be Superseded By No Power On Earth
“The laws of nature are the laws of God, whose authority can be superseded by no power on earth.” – George Mason
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First Principles: To Disarm the People…Was the Best and Most Effectual Way to Enslave Them
“To disarm the people… was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.” - George Mason
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First Principles: That In Controversies Respecting Property, and In Suits Between Man and Man, the Ancient Trial By Jury Is Preferable To Any Other and Ought To Be Held Sacred
“That In Controversies Respecting Property, and In Suits Between Man and Man, the Ancient Trial By Jury Is Preferable To Any Other and Ought To Be Held Sacred.” – George Mason
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First Principles: I Ask Who Are the Militia? They Consist of the Whole People
“I ask, Who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people.” – George Mason (1788)
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First Principles: Nothing So Strongly Impels A Man To Regard the Interest of His Constituents, As the Certainty of Returning To the General Mass of the People, From When He Was Taken, Where He Must Participate In Their Burdens
“Nothing so strongly impels a man to regard the interest of his constituents, as the certainty of returning to the general mass of the people, from whence he was taken, where he must participate in their burdens.” – George Mason … Continue reading
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First Principles: Those…Who Will Be Elected Senators, Will Fix Themselves In the Federal Town, and Become Citizens of That Town More Than of Your State
“Those gentlemen, who will be elected senators, will fix themselves in the federal town, and become citizens of that town more than of your state.” – George Mason (1788)
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First Principles: All Power Is Vested In and…Derived From the People
“That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amendable to them.” – George Mason, in the Virigina Bill of Rights
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First Principles: Disarming the People Is the Most Effectual Way of Enslaving the People
“To disarm the people… was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.” – George Mason
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