Quote#Wisdom
The members of the two first may be restrained from oppression, by…
Quote byGeorge Mason · 1725–1792
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776), Article 5.
English (original)
the members of the two first may be restrained from oppression, by feeling and participating the burdens of the people, they should, at fixed periods, be reduced to a private station, return into that body from which they were originally taken, and the vacancies be supplied by frequent, certain, and regular elections
— George Mason
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