Preamble to the United States Constitution
Introductory statement of the US Constitution's fundamental purposes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"We the People" and "Preamble to the Constitution" redirect here. For other uses, see We the People (disambiguation) and Preamble to the Constitution (disambiguation).
The Preamble to the United States Constitution, beginning with the words We the People, is a brief introductory statement of the US Constitution's fundamental purposes and guiding principles. Courts have referred to it as reliable evidence of the Founding Fathers' intentions regarding the Constitution's meaning and what they hoped the Constitution would achieve.
The preamble was mainly written by Gouverneur Morris, a Pennsylvania delegate to the 1787 Constitutional Convention held at Independence Hall in Philadelphia.