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 ...

They also embodied and enacted it. Like the phrases "I do" in an exchange of wedding vows and "I accept" in a contract, the Preamble's words actually performed the very thing they described. Thus the ...

The Preamble was placed in the Constitution more ... who as a member of the Committee of Style actually drafted the near-final text of the Constitution, composed it at the last moment.

Central to this task was the creation of the Preamble, a brief introductory statement that sets out the guiding principles and philosophy of the Constitution. Recently, the Preamble has been at ...

The "Preamble" and "Articles" of the Free African Society (FAS) provide a succinct portrait of the organization, the first of its kind in Philadelphia, and probably the first in America.

(v. t. & i.) To make a preamble to; to preface; to serve as a preamble. (n.) A introductory portion; an introduction or preface, as to a book, document, etc.; specifically, the introductory part of a ...

Dimmock, Aaron; Born, Dana. "A More Perfect Union: Meaning in the Preamble of the United States Constitution," Journal of Character and Leadership Development (Fall 2023): Vol. 10 No. 3. Written over ...