The Preamble

to the

Constitution of the United States of America

 

Note: The following text is (part of) a transcription of the Constitution (of the United States of America) in its original form. (Line breaks have been amended for ease of reading and emphasis.)

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We the People

of the United States,

 

in Order to form a more perfect Union,

 

establish Justice,

 

insure domestic Tranquility,

 

provide for the common defence,

 

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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The American’s Creed, distributed by River City Chapter , Chickasaw District, Tennessee Society of the

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

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