The following excerpt of the Preamble is taken from the website of the National Archives. You can access a transcript via Related Links, below.
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. (emphasis added).
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"secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity"
The purpose of the US Consitution is found in the Preamble...!!!
The prologue to the US Constitution is the preamble. It states what the intent of the Constitution is, what it hopes to accomplish.The PreambleWe 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.
Posterity is a word for future generations, children. Used in the preamble of the Constitution of the USA: "And secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity."
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Five purposes found in the preamble include:establish justiceinsure domestic tranquilityprovide for the common defensepromote the general welfaresecure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity
By posterity, the founding fathers meant EVERY future American citizen.
The authors and what they leave behind them as history.
According to the preamble, the Constitution was established for "ourselves and our posterity," meaning not only us, but those who come after us.
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Actually, while it sounds like that, those are not the exact words. In the preamble (introduction) to the constitution, it uses the words "to secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity..." Posterity is an old word for "future generations." So, the Founding Fathers are declaring that they want to make sure that future generations live in a free country and enjoy the blessings of liberty.
The word "posterity" is a noun.
The preamble is the opening to the United States Constitution. Word for word, it goes like this, "We the people, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice and 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."
To make sure future citizens remain free
"secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity"