George Mason quotes

" To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them. " # Pain # Fear # Books - Reading

" I ask, Who are the militia They consist now of the whole people, except for a few public officers. " # Politicians and Politics

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

" Our All is at Stake, and the little Conveniencys and Comforts of Life, when set in Competition with our Liberty, ought to be rejected not with Reluctance but with Pleasure. " # Liberty # Competition # Freedom

" We owe to our Mother-Country the Duty of Subjects but will not pay her the Submission of Slaves. " # Mothers # Friends and Friendship # Duty

" 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. " # Books - Reading # Retirement # Children

" This cold weather has set all the young Folks to providing Bedfellows. I have signed two or three Licences every Day [as a Fairfax Justice of the Peace] since I have been at Home. I wish I knew where to get a good one myself; for I find cold Sheets extreamly disagreeable. " # Peace # Weather # Books - Reading

" I quitted my Seat in the House of Delegates, from a Conviction that I was no longer able to do any essential Service. " # Delegation # Leaders and Leadership # Service

" 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. " # Children # Happiness # Parents and Parenting

" 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. " # Government # Economy and Economics # Wealth