That the people have a Right to mass and to bear arms; that a well regulated militia composed of the Body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper natural and safe defense of a free state, that standing armies, in time of peace, are dangerous to liberty, and therefore ought to be avoided...

— George Mason

George Mason Quotes

One of the first principles of decorative art is that in all manufactures ornament must hold a place subordinate to that of utility; and when, by its exuberance, ornament interferes with utility, it is misplaced and vulgar.

— George Mason

I thank God, I have been able, by adopting Principles of strict Economy and Frugality, to keep my principal, I mean my Country-Estate, unimpaired.

— George Mason
Country

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

Attend with Diligence and strict Integrity to the Interest of your Correspondents and enter into no Engagements which you have not the almost certain Means of performing.

— George Mason

I determined to spend the Remainder of my Days in privacy and Retirement with my Children, from whose Society alone I cou’d expect Comfort.

— George Mason

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

— George Mason

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

— George Mason

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

— 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

The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind.

— 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

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

— George Mason

The poor despise labor when performed by slaves.

— George Mason

I have been for some time in Retirement, and shall not probably return again to public Life; yet my Anxiety for my Country, in these Times of Danger, makes me sometimes dabble a little in Politicks, and keep up a Correspondence with some Men upon the public Stage.

— George Mason
Country

No point is of more importance than that the right of impeachment should be continued. Shall any man be above Justice?

— George Mason

Taught to regard a part of our own Species in the most abject and contemptible Degree below us, we lose that Idea of the dignity of Man which the Hand of Nature had implanted in us, for great and useful purposes.

— George Mason

We owe to our Mother-Country the Duty of Subjects but will not pay her the Submission of Slaves.

— George Mason
Country

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 am now pretty far advanced in life, and all my views are center’d in the Happiness and well-fare of my children; you will therefore find from me every Indulgence which you have a right to expect from an affectionate Parent.

— George Mason

I give and bequeath my soul to Almighty God that gave it me, hoping that through the meritorious death and passion of our Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ to receive absolution and remission for all my sins.

— George Mason
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