Decl. of Rights, Art. VII
Purpose of government; right to change it
Right
Founding & Purposes
Declaration of Rights
Official text rightpowerlimitif conditionlegal term
Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men: Therefore the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity and happiness require it.
Simplified explanation
Government is instituted for the common good and the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people, not for the profit of any one man, family or class. The people alone have an unalienable right to institute government and to reform, alter or totally change it.