Tennessee Constitution
Article I - Declaration of Rights.
Section 2

Universal Citation: TN Const art I § 2
That government being instituted for the common benefit, the doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.

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