Constitution of the United States

Constitution of the United States

Adopted by convention of States, September 17, 1787;
Ratification completed, June 21, 1788

PREAMBLE

We the People of the United States, 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 Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

For those Americans who have yet to read this, do so. For some odd reason, every time there's a survey of Americans on their knowledge of this document, far too many are clueless on even the most basic elements. All of you should read it through at least once in your life, so you'll know what it's about for yourself.

If you chose to bother reading it (I know how busy you probably are), or if you've already done so, then you may just understand why I don't believe that anyone, such as our President, who believes “It’s just a goddamned piece of paper!”, has absolutly no business holding pubic office, since they're sworn to protect and defend this "goodamned piece of paper".

[Update - March 2 2006. Original link went dead, so I had to replace it.]