ConstitutionoftheUnitedStates:Preamble

September 17, 1787

We, the people of the United States, in
order to form a more perfect Union,
establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
provide for the common defense, promote
the general welfare, and secure the
blessings of liberty to ourselves and our
posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United States of
America.

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