4 THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, ANNOTATED
Source: The National Archives of the United States
Spelling and punctuation have been modernized. All annotations to this text have been added by the author of this book.
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.
Power flows upward from us, “the people.” This new government was created by the people, not by a god, not by a party, and not by a king. The founders intended to “promote the general welfare” ...
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