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Photographer: Richard E. Miller
Taken: April 16, 2009
Caption: George Mason Memorial - Inscriptions
Additional Description: ”The first declaration of rights which truly deserves the name is that of Virginia...and its author is entitled to the eternal gratitude of mankind.”
--Marquis de Condorcet; Paris, 1789.

All power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people ...
Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people. ...
The freedom of the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty and can never be restrained by despotick governments.
All men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion.
Virginia Declaration of Rights, June 1776.
Submitted: April 18, 2009, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p59877
File Size: 0.485 Megabytes

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