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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.
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution "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." --Preamble to the United States Constitution National Archives
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/pre-1-1/ALDE_00001231 May 19, 2022 Constitution Annotated Analysis and Interpretation of the U.S. Constitution provides numerous constitutional resources. Preamble to the Constitution Annotations about the Preamble Pre.1 Overview of the Preamble | Pre.2 Historical Background of the Preamble | Pre.3 Legal Effect of the Preamble Constitution Annotated Analysis and Interpretation of the U.S. Constitution
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/pre-2/ALDE_00001234 Mar 31, 2025 "The Preamble’s origins predate the Constitutional Convention—preambles to legal documents were relatively commonplace at the time of the Nation’s Founding. In several English laws that undergird American understandings of constitutional rights, including the Petition of Rights of 1628,1 the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679,2 the Bill of Rights of 1689,3 and the Act of Settlement of 1701,4 the British Parliament included prefatory text that explained the law’s objects and historical impetus. The tradition of a legal preamble continued in the New World." Constitution Annotated
https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/about-educational-outreach/activity-resources/us May 19, 2022 "The Preamble sets the stage for the Constitution. It clearly communicates the intentions of the framers and the purpose of the document. The Preamble is an introduction to the highest law of the land; it is not the law. It does not define government powers or individual rights." United States Courts
https://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/articles/0/essays/1/preamble May 19, 2022 "The Preamble was placed in the Constitution more or less as an afterthought. It was not proposed or discussed on the floor of the Constitutional Convention. Rather, Gouverneur Morris, a delegate from Pennsylvania, who as a member of the Committee of Style actually drafted the near-final text of the Constitution, composed it at the last moment. It is likely that the Committee assigned him to do so, inasmuch as such preambles were common practice in the era." The Heritage Guide to the Constitution
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-government-and-civics/us-gov-foundations/us-gov-ideals-of-democracy/v/preamble May 19, 2022 "The Preamble is the introduction to the US Constitution, but it's so much more than that. In this video, Sal discusses the Preamble with Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO of the National Constitution Center https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/preamble. To read more, visit the National Constitution Center’s Interactive Constitution. On this site, leading scholars interact and explore the Constitution and its history. For each provision of the Constitution, experts from different political perspectives coauthor interpretive explanations when they agree and write separately when their opinions diverge." Khan Academy U.S. Government and Civics Unit: The National Constitution Center
https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/preamble/interpretations/37 May 19, 2022 "The Preamble of the U.S. Constitution—the document’s famous first fifty-two words— introduces everything that is to follow in the Constitution’s seven articles and twenty-seven amendments. It proclaims who is adopting this Constitution: “We the People of the United States.” It describes why it is being adopted—the purposes behind the enactment of America’s charter of government. And it describes what is being adopted: “this Constitution”—a single authoritative written text to serve as fundamental law of the land. Written constitutionalism was a distinctively American innovation, and one that the framing generation considered the new nation’s greatest contribution to the science of government." National Constitution Center
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/programs/constitution_day/conversation-starters/the-preamble Jan 7, 2020 "The Preamble was created at the Constitutional Convention in the summer of 1787. It was probably written by Governeur Morris, who drafted much of the rest of the Constitution. The Preamble was not intended to create any additional powers for government, but was rather intended to introduce the Constitution and explain its purpose." Starter 1: The Preamble, U.S. Constitution | Starter 2: We the People | Starter 3: "We ... Do." American Bar Association
https://michiganlawreview.org/journal/the-case-of-the-dishonest-scrivener Oct 1, 2021 "At the end of the Constitutional Convention, the delegates appointed the Committee of Style and Arrangement to bring together the textual provisions that the Convention had previously agreed to and to pre-pare a final constitution. Pennsylvania delegate Gouverneur Morris drafted the document for the Committee, and, with few revisions and little debate, the Convention adopted Morris’s draft. For more than two hundred years, questions have been raised as to whether Morris covertly altered the text in order to advance his constitutional vision, but modern legal scholars and historians studying the Convention have either ignored the issue or concluded that Morris was an honest scrivener. No prior article has systematically compared the Committee’s draft to the previously adopted resolutions or discussed the implications of those changes for constitutional law." Michigan Law Review
https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/preamble-27722 Sep 17, 1987 "In a show of American ingenuity, Mike Wilkins utilized a collection of vanity license plates to phonetically spell out the preamble to the US Constitution in abbreviated script. All fifty states and the District of Columbia are represented in alphabetical order. Though the plates rarely make sense on their own, together they re-create one of the greatest documents in American history. This work represents the meaning of the phrase "the United States" with a fun twist. Mike Wilkins, Preamble, 1987, painted metal on vinyl and wood, 96 x 96 in. (243.8 x 243.8 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Nissan Motor Corporation in U.S.A., 1988.39" Smithsonian Artworks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnVmIrAiQB8 Aug 18, 2013 Late this afternoon, I was surfing youtube as always, and decided that I would look for some catchy songs. When I stumbled apron this I decided I'd upload it to youtube, but the problem was that the audio was horrible in most of the videos I saw so I found a lyrics video, and took the audio from that then combined it with the video, anyway, hope you enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfeQlCfj-iU Aug 6, 2019 Lyrics to "The Preamble" song, the 52-word introduction to the U.S. Consitution: "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." I Memorized That
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_-mtDXtW0g Sep 6, 2018 Set the tone for a group recitation of the Constitution’s preamble at court events and educational programs at courthouses and around your community. This video is simply the words of the preamble to the U.S. Constitution, projected at a comfortable pace for easy reading. The words are supported by visuals and background music that give it emotional impact as it sets out the aspirations that “We the People” have for our government and for our way of life as a nation. Reciting the preamble in unison has become embedded in the traditions of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day September 17 and in observances throughout September. However, the preamble is seen as such an important statement of American values that it is recited at public events throughout the year, including Bill of Rights Day on December 15, and other patriotic holidays and occasions. Learn more about Constitution Day: https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/annual-observances/constitution-day-and-citizenship-day Learn more about Bill of Rights Day: https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/annual-observances/bill-rights-day United States Courts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf71LerhBMU Feb 26, 2012 Recited by a 3 year old. KSL News story here:3-year-old memorizes Constitution's Preamble https://www.ksl.com/article/19427183 By Jennifer Stagg | Posted - March 1, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGO-SldLrNA May 2, 2012 The Enterprise crew discovers a parallel world where the United States lost a nuclear war to Communist China. Centuries later, the decedents of the Americans cherish the documents of their ancient heritage, but have forgotten their meaning. Kirk explains it to them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG198OyY82c Sep 6, 2018 A cross section of high school journalists shared their reflections on the aspirations contained in the preamble to the Constitution, putting into a modern context such phrases as “We the People …” and “a more perfect Union….” This video can be used as an inspirational element in a court’s Constitution Day and Citizenship Day program or as a discussion starter to stimulate conversation about the Constitution. “The American spirit, the American ideal is about that trial, that struggle, that strain to provide rights, to provide liberty, to provide justice for each and every person,” said Jacob Whitlock, of Alabama, when he commented on the meaning of the preamble phrase “in Order to form a more perfect Union.” The students were interviewed during a recent visit to the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., where they participated as lawyers and jurors in a simulated courtroom hearing, as part of the 2018 summer Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference. Learn more about Constitution Day: https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/annual-observances/constitution-day-and-citizenship-day United States Courts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP5knN0eVz0 Apr 18, 2019 What does it mean for “We the People” to be sovereign? How does this concept make the US Constitution unique? Professor Steven Calabresi explains that the notion of popular sovereignty was new and unusual in 1787. Under the Articles of Confederation, the states were sovereign. Under the Constitution, the federal government derives its authority and power directly from the people of the United States. Professor Steven G. Calabresi is the Clayton J. & Henry R. Barber Professor of Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. He is Chairman of the Federalist Society's Board of Directors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3tTnqznYwk&t Feb 2, 2018 Sal discusses the Preamble to the US Constitution with Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO of the National Constitution Center. To learn more about US Government and Politics, visit Khan Academy at https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-government-and-politics To read more of the Preamble, visit the National Constitution Center’s Interactive Constitution: https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/preamble On this site, leading scholars interact and explore the Constitution and its history. For each provision of the Constitution, experts from different political perspectives coauthor interpretive explanations when they agree and write separately when their opinions diverge. Khan Academy
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