...the community: No man, nor corporation or association of men have any other title to obtain advantage or particular and exclusive privileges distinct from...from the consideration of services rendered to the public.24 The Scottish Enlightenment would not have succeeded had not Edinburgh and Glasgow possessed...

...obtain advantages, or particular and exelusive privileges, distinct from those of the community, that what arises from, the consideration of services rendered to the public; and this title heing in nature ncither hereditary, nor transmissible to children, or descendants, or relations...

...maxims asserted by the founders of our government, that "no association of men have any other title to obtain advantages, or particular and exclusive privileges,...consideration of services rendered to the public." It is equally unjust and oppressive when the many assume exclusive privileges over the few, as when...

...various States of this Union: "No man or corporation or association of men have any other title to obtain advantages or particular and exclusive privileges...consideration of services rendered to the public." "Government is instituted for the common good for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness...