George Mason Quote

Quote from George Mason,

"Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit and security of the people, nation or community; whenever any government shall be found inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, unalienable, indefeasible right, to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public Weal."

By:	George Mason (more quotes by George Mason or books by/about George Mason)
	(1725-1792), drafted the Virgina Declaration of Rights, ally of James Madison and George Washington
Categories:	Government, Rights, Security, Self-Determination
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