Preamble to the Constitution

Cultural  

1. A statement attached to the beginning of the Constitution by the Constitutional Convention, declaring the purpose of the document. It reads: “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.”

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Example Sentences

At one point, I can’t remember why, he recited the Preamble to the Constitution.

From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2019

They do not mandate any particular texts — other than the Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address.

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2015

The Articles stated an agreement between states; the Preamble to the Constitution states an agreement between the federal government and people of the United States.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Only Forsythe could make capital punishment seem part of the Preamble to the Constitution.

From Time • Apr. 3, 2010

Even when the upper grades had to make recitations of the Preamble to the Constitution.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye