We the People of the United States ... do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. The Preamble was placed in the Constitution more or less as an afterthought.

THERE are three words found on page 1 of the Philippine Constitution. It is part and parcel of the Preamble. The same words are found in the 1935, 1973 and 1987 Constitutions, giving preeminence to ...

You know these words, but how often do you stop to think about them? “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, ...

I’ve always been impressed that the preamble to the Constitution begins, “We the People of the United States.” We’ve heard the phrase so often that we don’t even stop to think ...