Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by George Mason. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle.
George Mason was a dedicated federalist, one of three men who refused to sign the new U.S. Constitution because it didn't go far enough protecting state's and individual's rights. Considered the father of the original 10 amendments, he foresaw the populist and globalist attack on the principles for which the document was founded. His prescience was confirmed with the ratification of several subsequent amendments which significantly weakened the intent and the practical application of the Constitution.
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To solve the puzzle:
- Enter the letters in the top half (letter columns) of the puzzle into the white squares on the bottom half (answer grid) below
- Each letter must stay in its own column within the grid
- Each letter must be used exactly once
- Black squares represent spaces and do not get letters
- Gray squares represent punctuation marks or numbers and do not get letters
- Some words will continue from one row to another. Only spaces (black squares) or punctuation marks separate words.
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