Quote from George Mason 

"Considering the natural lust for power so inherent in man,
I fear the thirst of power will prevail to oppress the people."

Quote by:
George Mason
(1725-1792), drafted the Virgina Declaration of Rights, ally of James Madison and George Washington
Source:
The Papers of George Mason, 1052 (Robert A. Rutland Ed., 1970)
 
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