Quote by George Mason
Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact the

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

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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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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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power
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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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I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they do now. – Will Rogers

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I think for the most part people are proud of the bicultural foundation New Zealand is built on and the fact that we are a multicultural society. – John Key

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Society

To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society. – Margaret Oliphant

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Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it. – Emile M. Cioran

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A man of courage never wants weapons. – Author Unknown

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There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with all their heart because they know him, and those who seek him with all their heart because they do not know him. – Blaise Pascal

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God

Some mischievous people always there. Last several thousand years, always there. In future, also. – Dalai Lama

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Future

The life-fate of the modern individual depends not only upon the family into which he was born or which he enters by marriage, but increasingly upon the corporation in which he spends the most alert hours of his best years. – C. Wright Mills