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.


This quote is important because it


concludes the Declaration of Independence

introduces and explains the purpose of the U.S. Constitution

defines the purpose of the U.S. military

organizes the separate parts of the U.S. government