George Mason

We came equals into this world, and equals shall we go out of it.

I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials.

The poor despise labor when performed by slaves.

It's easy to laugh at etiquette, but in a hundred years, our children's grandchildren will almost certainly be laughing at us.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with.