George Mason : Reluctant Statesman
Robert A. Rutland
George Mason of Gunston Hall was a scholarly craftsman of government during America's crucial formative years. His Virginia Declaration of Rights provided a sense of purpose and direction to the rebellious colonies, and his vigorous insistence on the protection of personal liberties in the Constitution is reflected in the document's first ten amendments, the Bill of Rights, Fellow Virginian Thomas Jefferson said of Mason that he "was of the first order of greatness".
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Year:
1980
Edition:
Revised
Publisher:
Louisiana State Univ Pr
Language:
english
Pages:
144
ISBN 10:
0807106968
ISBN 13:
9780807106969
File:
PDF, 6.52 MB
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english, 1980