Archive for George Mason
FFQF: My Double-Barrelled Bill of Rights
I said it once, and I’ll say it again (although you are all probably tired of hearing it): our theme for this week has sounded more or less like an elegy to the late great Bill of Rights. Our Founders were aware that, in the usual course of history, governments would look out more and [...]
FFQF: George Mason on the Bill of Rights
Pop quiz! Who is known as the “Father of the Bill of Rights”? I’m sure some of my readers know the answer, and the rest are certainly smart enough to know that I have already named him.Yes, the answer is: George Mason! He is known as the Father of the Bill of Rights for several [...]
FFQF: George Mason on Virtue
And we all know who George Mason is! He was that guy who … uh … yeah. We didn’t test on him in our high school history class. So, here is only a brief introduction to this very essential Founding Father from Virginia. One of his outstanding achievements was the authorship of the Virginia Declaration [...]