Quote by George Mason
In all our associations in all our agreements let us never lose si

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. – George Mason

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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. – George Mason

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Experience
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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. – George Mason

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strength
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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. – George Mason

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The love of liberty is the love of others the love of power is the love of ourselves. – William Hazlitt

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Whatever else it was, Adolf Hitlers short-lived regime was also a colossal industrial process by which the wealth and productive power of much of Europe was wrenched from its normal purposes and converted into a machine for killing. – James Buchan

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power

Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power. – J. G. Holland

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power

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics. – Bertrand Russell

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It is hard to miss the irony in the fact that the very same week that Republicans were publicly heralding Congressman Paul Ryans plan to inject market forces into the American health care system, they were crafting a budget deal to strip them from the health reform law. – Ron Wyden

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