The phrase "blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity," found in the preamble of the U.S. Constitution, signifies the commitment to ensuring freedom and rights for current and future generations. It emphasizes the importance of safeguarding individual liberties and creating a society where prosperity can flourish. This concept reflects the belief that true liberty not only benefits the present but also lays a foundation for ongoing well-being and opportunity for future citizens.
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.
It means that the citizens of America will establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and prosperity, and ordain and establish the constitution just so they can form a more perfect America. :D
To make sure future citizens remain free
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.
To secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity" summarizes the broad purpose of both government and citizenship under our system. Are the "blessings of liberty" in your neighborhood or community secure for both you and your "posterity"--your children? What aspects are at risk? Make a list. What, in broad terms, would need to happen to "secure the blessings of liberty" in your neighborhood, as you see it?
Sounds like the toast of a banker.
Sounds like the toast of a banker.
Secure The Blessing Of Liberty Means There are many different cited meanings of the selected text of the preamble you have questioned. I have Listed some links that give some of these explanations. In my personal opinion I believe that: by "securing the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity", We are not only to seek the benefits of liberty for ourselves but to ensure that we make sure that we do not settle for selfish gain but make sure that these benefits are set up in a manner that will guarantee the same for our children and theirs and so on.
yep. sure.
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.
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.