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