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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

"Virginia Declaration Of Rights," June 12, 1776

George Mason was the principal author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights.

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"Virginia Declaration Of Rights," June 12, 1776
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Declaration_of_Rights

Section 13. That a well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, 
trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state; that 
standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; 
and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and 
governed by, the civil power. 



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