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Quotes from Remarks on Annual Elections — George Mason

1725–1792 United States

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All men are by nature born equally free and independent.

Remarks on Annual Elections (1775)

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.

Remarks on Annual Elections (1775)

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.

Remarks on Annual Elections (1775)

We came equals into this world, and equals shall we go out of it.

Remarks on Annual Elections (1775)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: George Mason (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.