George Mason Quotes:
Ocupation: Statesman
Life: December 11, 1725 - October 7, 1792
Birthday: December 11
Death: October 7
A well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power.
topic: Army, Gun, People, 2 Amendment, Free State
