Life, liberty, and whatever whatshisname said.One of our least honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. founding fathers is George George, river, c.345 mi (560 km) long, rising in a lake on the Quebec-Labrador boundary, E Canada. It flows N through Indian Lake (125 sq mi/324 sq km) to Ungava Bay (an arm of Hudson Strait). Mason. A new biography by Jeff Broadwater reminds us that, in May of 1776, Mason was the author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights Virginia Declaration of Rights Measure adopted by the colony of Virginia (June 12, 1776). Drafted by George Mason, it stated that “all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights” and specified such civil liberties as freedom , which begins: "All men are born equally free and independent and have certain inherent natural Rights .... among which are the enjoyment of Life, Liberty ... and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety." Two months later, Jefferson, who was aware of the Virginia Virginia, state, United States Virginia, state of the south-central United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), North Carolina and Tennessee (S), Kentucky and West Virginia (W), and Maryland and the District of Columbia (N and NE). declaration, sat down to write the Declaration of Independence. He was a better writer, to be sure, but the ideas were Mason's. |
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