[DOC] [TLE] Virginia Declaration of Rights - Wikipedia [PAR] The Virginia Declaration of Rights is a document drafted in 1776 to proclaim the 
inherent rights .... Written by George Mason, and adopted by the Virginia 
Constitutional ... (although the Virginia Declaration makes no reference to a "right 
to keep or bear arms")  Second ..... George Mason Memorial  George Mason 
University. [DOC] [TLE] Virginia Declaration of Rights: Primary Documents of American ... [PAR] Virginia Declaration of Rights: Primary Documents of American History ... Special 
Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library. ... de Lafayette in 
drafting the French Declaration of the Rights of Man (1789). ... Mason refused to 
support the original Constitution because it failed to protect essential liberties. [DOC] [TLE] Virginia Declaration of Rights - 1776 [PAR] Virginia Declaration of Rights, presented in The National Center for Public Policy 
... Written by George Mason (1725-1792), who Thomas Jefferson regarded as the 
"the wisest man of his generation," the Virginia Declaration of Rights was 
adopted ... the Virginia Declaration of Rights "the first Bill of Rights to merit the 
name."... [DOC] [TLE] George Mason, the Man - George Mason University School of Law [PAR] The name George Mason is not one that many Americans outside our region 
would ... He was the author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which was 
adopted ... Virginia's largest university, and this School of Law, bear his name, 
ensuring... [DOC] [TLE] Virginia Declaration of Rights and Constitution | Teaching American ... [PAR] A DECLARATION OF RIGHTS made by the representatives of the good people of 
... that no man be deprived of his liberty, except by the law of the land or the .... 
every year, and shall be called the GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA. .... the 
name of the COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA, and bear test by the Governour with
... [DOC] [TLE] George Mason: The Reluctant Founder - Center for Civic Education [PAR] In 1774, Mason wrote the Fairfax Resolves, which his neighbor, colleague, and 
friend, ... The Virginia Declaration of Rights has been called "the most influential 
... be seen in the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789
). ..... Although a large state university bears his name, his statue stands on the... [DOC] [TLE] 1791: US Bill of Rights (1st 10 Amendments) - with commentary ... [PAR] It is upon Mason's Declaration of Rights that much of the Bill of Rights of the 
Constitution is founded. ... As the English jurist Sir James Fitzjames Stephen 
wrote in Victorian times, ... Free press, Address to Inhabitants of Quebec, Same, 
Va. .... The Second Amendment also affirms an individual's right to keep and bear 
arms. [DOC] [TLE] The French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens of 1789 ... [PAR] Dec 1, 1990 ... Justice. and Professor of Law, St. Mary's University of San Antonio. ... first focused 
the author's attention on the relationship of the French Revolution to the .... 
Citizens (Declaration of Rights).9 But only the rare American .... on December 15, 
1791. when the eleventh state, Virginia, ratified the Bill of Rights. Id. [DOC] [TLE] Virginia Statute for Establishing Religious Freedom (1786) [PAR] Aug 10, 2012 ... Jefferson's original bill "for establishing religious freedom," drafted in 1777 and ... 
And because religious beliefs do not bear on citizens' civil rights, ... The statute 
then declares that "no man shall be compelled to .... from teaching religion at the 
newly founded University of Virginia . .... Name (Optional) [DOC] [TLE] The Right to Bear Arms in the Virginia ... - Stephen Halbrook [PAR] Deskbook; That Every Man Be Armed; and Gun Control in the Third Reich. ... 
University; Research Fellow, Independent Institute; in law practice since 1978 in 
Fairfax, Va. ... The Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776, authored by George 
Mason, ... wrote in the first commentaries on the United States Constitution in 
1803. [DOC] [TLE] St. Robert Bellarmine's Influence on the Writing of the Declaration of ... [PAR] ...

Question: A Virginia university bears the name of this man who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights
Answer: George Mason