Excerpt from Constitution of the United States of America, as Proposed by the Convention: Held at Philadelphia, September 17, 1787, and Since Ratified by the Several States; With the Amendments Thereto; To Which Are Added, Standing Rules and Orders for Conducting Business in the House of Representatives of the United States We the People of the United States in order to form a 'more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquillity, 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. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.