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 | | Mason was an unabashed radical, perhaps the foremost defender of individual rights, localism, and critic of government among an already radical group of founding fathers, including Madison, Jefferson, and Paine. |
 | | Mason recognized the economic necessity of slavery, at least in the short term, but held hope that the practice could be abolished as soon as was feasible. |
 | | George Mason is also affiliated with the Mercatus Center and the Institute for Humane Studies, non-profit academic and educational organizations, respectively, which are dedicated to the same ideas. |
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