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The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.

— George Mason Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776)

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The freedom of the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.

There is a Passion natural to the Mind of man, especially a free Man, which renders him impatient of Restraint.

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

Does any man suppose that one general national government can exist in so extensive a country as this?

Addresses to the Virginia Ratifying Convention (1788)

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

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