3 December 2020 George Mason 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.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 George Mason 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.
3 December 2020 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.
