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Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of heaven on a Country.
== Quotes ==
== Quotes ==
* "Forty years ago, when the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British parliament was advised by an artful man,<ref>Mason here was referring to Sir William Keith</ref> who was governor of Pennsylvania, to disarm the people; that it was the best and most effectual way to enslave them; but that they should not do it openly, but to weaken them and let them sink gradually, by totally disusing and neglecting the militia." <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=fN3RybwnMAYC&pg=PA409&dq=to+disarm++the+people%3B+that+it+was+the+best+and+most+effectual+way+to+enslave+them&ei=Cz1ESvrlPIeyyQT87sxG The Life of George Mason, 1725-1792: Including His Speeches, Public Papers- Page 409] by Kate Mason Rowland</ref>
* "Forty years ago, when the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British parliament was advised by an artful man,<ref>Mason here was referring to Sir William Keith</ref> who was governor of Pennsylvania, to disarm the people; that it was the best and most effectual way to enslave them; but that they should not do it openly, but to weaken them and let them sink gradually, by totally disusing and neglecting the militia." <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=fN3RybwnMAYC&pg=PA409&dq=to+disarm++the+people%3B+that+it+was+the+best+and+most+effectual+way+to+enslave+them&ei=Cz1ESvrlPIeyyQT87sxG The Life of George Mason, 1725-1792: Including His Speeches, Public Papers- Page 409] by Kate Mason Rowland</ref>
* "Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of heaven on a Country. As nations can not be rewarded or punished in the next world they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of causes and effects providence punishes national sins, by national calamities. He lamented that some of our Eastern brethren had from a lust of gain embarked in this nefarious traffic. As to the States being in possession of the Right to import, this was the case with many other rights, now to be properly given up. He held it essential in every point of view that the General Government should have power to prevent the increase of slavery."<ref>[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_822.asp Madison Debates], August 22</ref>
==External links==
==External links==
* Miller, Helen Hill. ''George Mason, Constitutionalist.'' (2001).
* Miller, Helen Hill. ''George Mason, Constitutionalist.'' (2001).
* Rowland, Kate Mason. ''The Life Of George Mason, 1725-1792.'' (1892). old popular biography [http://books.google.com/books?id=F0F6TuWe_LwC&dq=dogue's+neck&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 full text online]
* Rowland, Kate Mason. ''The Life Of George Mason, 1725-1792.'' (1892). old popular biography [http://books.google.com/books?id=F0F6TuWe_LwC&dq=dogue's+neck&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 full text online]
* Rutland, Robert A. ''George Mason: Reluctant Statesman'' (1980).
* Rutland, Robert A. ''George Mason: Reluctant Statesman'' (1980).
===Primary sources===
===Primary sources===
* Rutland, Robert A., et al. eds. ''The papers of George Mason,'' (1970). 3 vols
* Rutland, Robert A., et al. eds. ''The papers of George Mason,'' (1970). 3 vols