To make sure future citizens remain free
"secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity"
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."
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
Bill of rights
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 preamble to the U.S Constitution.
Secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity
It means: we declaire ourselves to be free, and all our decendents, now and forever.
To make sure no one can take away our liberty from us.
The preamble to the United States Constitution says "...to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and ourposterity...""The blessings of liberty" that the writers of the Constitution were talking about are the rights that they had just fought for in the American Revolution, to be free of tyranny, to have the right to be governed by officials they elected themselves rather than by a King and the officials he chose, and in particular the right not to be taxed without having the opportunity to vote on it ("no taxation without representation"). By "secure" them "to ourselves and our Posterity", the writers meant that they wanted these liberties not only for themselves, but to keep them safe for future generations.Other rights like freedom of speech and religion were added to the Constitution in the Bill of Rights, after the Preamble was written.
"...secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity..." - The Preamble to the US ConstitutionBreak down what it means, word by word.secure - fix or fasten, so nothing gets lost or stolen, such as securing your front door lockblessings - God's favor and protectionof liberty - all things pertaining to (about) freedoms and being free from oppressionto ourselves - each of usand our posterity - all future generations who issue (are born) from each of us; e. g. My / your children, their children, their children, and so on down through all generations, forever and ever...By putting the document in writing, the writers claimed the blessings of God for our freedoms for US AND FOR ALL generations.
The phrase "to ourselves and posterity" means that the documents that created the United States were made to help the present and the future. People in all generations since have benefited from the US Constitution.