George Mason: Bill of Rights' Purpose is to Limit Federal Government!

American Minute ^ | September 25, 2019 | Bill Federer

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"Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

Thus began the first of the Ten Amendments, or Bill of Rights, which were approved SEPTEMBER 25, 1789.

"The Father of the Bill of Rights" was George Mason of Virginia.

George Mason was the richest man in Virginia, owning 15,000 acres.

When George Washington was chosen to be the Commander of the Continental Army, George Mason was drafted by the citizens of Virginia to fill Washington's place in the Continental Congress.

George Mason wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which Jefferson drew from to write the Declaration of Independence.

George Mason stated before the General Court of Virginia:

"The laws of nature are the laws of God, whose authority can be superseded by no power on earth."

George Mason's phrase was echoed by Jefferson's:

"The laws of nature and nature's God."

At the Constitutional Convention, George Mason called for an end of the slave trade, desiring to immediately ban any more slaves from being brought into the country and that slavery should not spread into new states.

He called slavery a "slow poison" and argued for the gradual emancipation of all slaves.

On August 22, 1787, George Mason stated:

"Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of heaven upon a country.

As nations cannot 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."

George Mason argued in favor of citizens being armed, as he stated at Virginia's Ratifying Convention, 1788 (3 Elliot, Debates at 380):

[Perseverando]

Time for another great American history lesson from American Minute.

Hey Virginia, Sic Semper Tyrannis!

[Amendment10]

Only voters who have been taught about the federal government’s constitutionally limited powers as the Founding States had intended for those powers to be understood can limit the feds.

Patriots, we need to support PDJT with a new patriot Congress that will fully support his already excellent work for MAGA, now KAG.

Remember in November!

[MarkL]

Let's not forget that that great Constitutional scholar, Barack Hussein Obama, called the Constitution, "a document of negative rights, because it limits what the government can do."

I guess that was the reason that the A$$-Hat boldly stated that he wanted to "fundamentally change the United States of America." To change it from a Constitutional Republic to something far less, and where the government has total control over every aspect of life of the citizens subjects.

Mark

[magyars4]

Well said Brother!
I am a citizen not a subject and I will not bow to any man!

[Leep]

I am sure they still teach all this in our public schools. /s?

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