The Real Reason Why We Should be Cheering for George Mason Univ. in the Final Four this weekend
I found this information at www.cato.org. It seems our Founding Father, George Mason, was extremely influential on James Madison and, even better, the first Libertarian in the USA...
Thank You George Mason
"Let's hope that all this attention being lavished on the George Mason University basketball team focuses some attention on the man himself," writes Scripps-Howard columnist Dale McFeatters. "If George Mason isn't exactly a forgotten founding father, he is certainly one of the lesser known, which is too bad because of his great legacy to us -- the written guarantee of our fundamental civil liberties. Mason drafted the prototype of the Bill of Rights in 1776 as part of Virginia's state constitution. He fought in vain to have them included in the U.S. Constitution but after campaigning relentlessly succeeded two years later in having them added as the first 10 amendments to that document."
In "George Mason University, Much More Than Basketball," Cato policy analyst Radley Balko writes: "Mason was never president. Nor did he sign the Constitution. But he was enormously influential in helping craft it. In fact, George Mason was probably early America's most eloquent defender of individual liberty. Principled and uncompromising, Mason was a man who loathed politics but understood the urgency of the times in which he lived, and engaged in politics to help ensure his new country put a premium on freedom.
"George Mason University today in many ways remains a fitting tribute to its namesake. The school's economics department in particular is arguably the most market-oriented in the country. Just as Mason himself was self-educated and unswervingly principled, GMU's economics department has put a premium on finding staff who value individual rights, a decentralized state, and good scholarship, and has placed less emphasis on Ivy League credentials and the usual academic fluff."
Thank You George Mason
"Let's hope that all this attention being lavished on the George Mason University basketball team focuses some attention on the man himself," writes Scripps-Howard columnist Dale McFeatters. "If George Mason isn't exactly a forgotten founding father, he is certainly one of the lesser known, which is too bad because of his great legacy to us -- the written guarantee of our fundamental civil liberties. Mason drafted the prototype of the Bill of Rights in 1776 as part of Virginia's state constitution. He fought in vain to have them included in the U.S. Constitution but after campaigning relentlessly succeeded two years later in having them added as the first 10 amendments to that document."
In "George Mason University, Much More Than Basketball," Cato policy analyst Radley Balko writes: "Mason was never president. Nor did he sign the Constitution. But he was enormously influential in helping craft it. In fact, George Mason was probably early America's most eloquent defender of individual liberty. Principled and uncompromising, Mason was a man who loathed politics but understood the urgency of the times in which he lived, and engaged in politics to help ensure his new country put a premium on freedom.
"George Mason University today in many ways remains a fitting tribute to its namesake. The school's economics department in particular is arguably the most market-oriented in the country. Just as Mason himself was self-educated and unswervingly principled, GMU's economics department has put a premium on finding staff who value individual rights, a decentralized state, and good scholarship, and has placed less emphasis on Ivy League credentials and the usual academic fluff."
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