Ἡμεῖς ὁ Δῆμος τῶν Πολῑτειῶν Συνεστώτων, ὡς ποιῆται σύνστατις τελεότερα, κείηται ἡ δικαιοσύνη, φυλάσσηται ἡ ἡσυχία οἰκεῖα, προσκοπῆται ἡ σωτηρία εἰς τὸ κοινόν, ἐπισπεύδηται ἡ εὐτυχία δημόσια, καὶ λαμβάνωνται τὰ ἀγαθὰ τῆς ἐλευθερίης ἕνεκα καὶ ἡμῶν καὶ ἡμετέρου τοῦ ἔπειτα,
νῦν καθίσταμεν καὶ τίθημεν ταύτην τὴν Καταστᾶσιν πρὸ τῶν Πολῑτειῶν Συνεστώτων Ἀμερικάνων.
(Hēmeîs ho Dêmos tôn Polīteiôn Synestṓtōn, hōs poiêtai sýnstasis teleótera,
keíētai hē dikaiosýnē, phylássētai hē hēsychía oikeîa, proskopêtai hē sōtēría
eis to koinón, epispeúdētai hē eutychía dēmósia, kai lambánōntai ta agatha tês
eleutheríēs héneka kai hēmôn kai hēmetérou toû épeita, nŷn kathístamen kai
títhēmen taútēn tēn Katastâsin pro tôn Polīteiôn Synestaménōn Amerikánōn.)
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.
—Preamble to
the U. S. Constitution
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