Quote: "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." -Preamble to the US Constitution
Paraphrase: To insure the creation of a great, powerful, and stabile nation, to promote peace and liberty to all men; we the citizens of these Unitied States shall establish this Constitition for our government.
Citation: Madison, James, and Gouverneur Morris. "Constitution of the United States." USHistory.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Jan 2012.
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