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.
The Whole Is Greater Than the Parts
Patrick
Edaburn
It has been said that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. There is perhaps no better way to apply this dictum than with words.
https://constitutionthursday.com/2013/01/22/the-preamble-the-whole-is-greater-than-the-parts/
BROADCAST EPISODE:
Waiting for Vizzini
Dave & John
When Inigo Montoya’s job
went wrong, he lived by a single rule – go back to the beginning. While
Constitution Thursday hadn’t “gone wrong,” it was time to step back and
consider whether or not it was time to “go back to the beginning?” So
Dave & John head back to the start of the Constitution, where the begin
with the Preamble and the wonderful story of
Gouverneur Morris and
his wooden leg.
LISTEN HERE
If Original Intent is forgotten and /or rejected, the vacuum left behind will be filled with something else. Our nation exists largely in its current form because of the resiliency of the Constitution, even while it is under assault and suffers from decades of perverse attack. Without the Constitution, there is no US of A. It is important to teach people about “We the People” because not understanding it allows all manner of political and social experiments and corruption to take root and grow. The resulting changes will slowly erode the Founder’s intent, the framework of the Republic and our national identity.
https://constitutionthursday.com/2013/01/21/the-preamble-declarative/
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WE THE PEOPLE
Jeff P. Gregory
The first time I was introduced to “We the People” was when I was watching my Saturday morning cartoons and I heard this tune from Schoolhouse Rock. I was too young to understand the true meaning of the words that were singing to me through the TV. But it was a catchy tune and I knew the words, so I sang along, not knowing what I was singing.
https://constitutionthursday.com/2013/01/21/the-preamble-we-the-people/
We can do anything in this great nation, or at least what our government allows us to do. The power given to “We the People” of these United States of America by our fore fathers has been almost entirely eroded down to that point. We continually give up the freedoms that made this nation exactly what it is today. I fear that it is because the people have a lack of understanding for what freedom actually means. Freedom is the ability to pursue life, liberty, and property, but we’ve allowed our elected officials to place restrictions on those very things. https://constitutionthursday.com/2013/01/21/the-preamble-what-our-founders-gave-us/