Constitution > Preamble
We the People Clause
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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- Mayflower Compact
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- George Mason to George Brent · recipient: George Brent
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- Constitution of South Carolina
- First Draft of the Virginia Declaration of Rights
- Committee Draft of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and edited by the Virginia Convention
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- Constitution of Massachusetts
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- Henry Knox to John Sullivan · recipient: John Sullivan
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- Draft Speech by Charles Pinckney
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- James Madison to Thomas Jefferson · recipient: Thomas Jefferson