{ Adopted: 17 Sep 1787 / Effective: 4 March 1789 / Status: 1994 }
Preamble
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.