George Mason Quotes About Safety

Quotes about: Safety

• All men are created equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing the obtaining of happiness and safety.

  George Mason

  Mean, Independent, Equality

• 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

  Government, Safety, Community

  George Mason's remarks on Annual Elections for the Fairfax Independent Company, circa April 1775.

• Government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration.

  George Mason

  Government, People, Safety

  Virginia Bill of Rights article 3 (1776)

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