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==Preamble==
==Preamble==
'''<u>Preamble</u>''''<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"; div style="background-color:#f2f2f2";>a '''preamble'''<br>* = the opening paragraph of the Constitution which states its general purposes and source of power (the people)</div>
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.


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.