...have the sole and exclusive right of regulating the internal government and police thereof. SEC. 3. That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive...community, but in consideration of public services. SEC. 4. That the legislative, executive and supreme judicial powers of government ought to be forever...

...4 of the 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights, for example, provides that "no man, or set of men, is entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges...from the community, but in consideration of public services."62 Another type of general equality provision is the Common Benefits Clause of the Vermont...

...One Baptist petition quoted Article 4, which had been part of Mason's original draft. It prohibited "exclusive or separate Emoluments or Privileges from...Community, but in Consideration of public Services." If preaching was a public service, as it would have to be to receive public support, it could be regulated...

...reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the publick weal, That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments and privileges from the community, but in consideration of publick services; which, not being descendible,...

...reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the publick weal, That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments and privileges from the community, but in consideration of publick services; which, not being descendible,...

...the Rights and the Privileges of religious Society. [Article IV of the Declaration of Rights says,] "No Man or set of men are entitled to exclusive or...Community but in consideration of public Services." If, therefore, the State provides a Support for Preachers of the Gospel, and they receive it in Consideration...

...alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal. SEC. 4. That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive...privileges from the community, but in consideration of publicservices; which, not being descendible, neither ought the offices of magistrate, legislator,...

...arbitrary power and oppression is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind. 3. That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate public emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services, which,...

...indubitable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter or abolish the Government That no man nor set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges, but in consideration of public services. That all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common...