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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.

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Who are ourselves in the preamble?

... establish the blessings of liberty on ourselvesand our prosperity...The founders are referring to the American people, including themselves.--Charlie G.


What does ourselves and our posterity mean in the preamble?

The authors and what they leave behind them as history.


What does to ourselves and your Prosperity mean?

Sounds like the toast of a banker.


What does to ourselves and prosperity mean?

Sounds like the toast of a banker.


What does to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and your posterity mean from the preamble?

To make sure future citizens remain free


What does the preamble to yourself and your prosperity mean?

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.


What does posterity mean in the constitution?

According to the preamble, the Constitution was established for "ourselves and our posterity," meaning not only us, but those who come after us.


What does our lives and our prosperity mean?

This is part of a quotation taken from the American Constitution. It means that what is done now for the benefit of everyone (ourselves) should also benefit future generations (prosperity).


Which document says the blessings of liberty to ourselves?

The preamble to the U.S Constitution.


What is preamble?

The Preamble is the first part of the Constitution. Here it is: We the people of the United States of America, 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 liscense of liberty, for ourselves and our prosperity, to ordain and establish the constitution, for the United States of America.


What does it mean promotes general welfare?

The phrase 'to promote general welfare' means to do things that would improve the health, prosperity, or well-being of the person. The phrase is located in the Preamble to the Constitution.


5 purposes found in the preamble?

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