George Mason’s Virginia Declaration of Rights
Posted in Classical Liberalism on Jun 13th, 2007
Viewed by many to be the Gold Standard of Classical Liberalism. The Virginia Declaration of Rights Written by George Mason (1725-1792), who Thomas Jefferson regarded as the “the wisest man of his generation,” the Virginia Declaration of Rights was adopted by the Virginia Constitutional Convention on June 12, 1776. Widely copied by the other colonies […]
