The Founders and the Constitution, Part 11: George Mason

Portrait of George Mason (1725–1792), American patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention. He's called the "Father of the Bill of Rights." For all of these reasons, he's considered to be one of the "Founding Fathers" of the United States. Dominic W. Boudet, after John Hesselius [1728–1778]/Public Domain

Commentary

“If the Govt. is to be lasting, it must be founded in the confidence & affections of the people ...” — George Mason, at the Constitutional Convention, Aug. 13, 1787.