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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 Constitutional Convention held in 1787 at Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
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| Translation (Hebrew) | Source (English) | Translation (Yiddish) |
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אנחנו עם ארצות הברית בחפצנו לשכלל את האחדות ביתר שאת, ולבונן צדק ומשפט להבטיח שלום מבפנים ולהני על המדינה מבחוץ, להיטיב להכלל ולהקים את ברכות החרות לנו ולבנינו, הננו שמים ונותנים את החוקים האלה, להתנהגות ארצות הברית באמיריקה. |
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. |
װיר דאס פאלק דער פעראײניגטען שטאאטען, אין דער אבזיכט איינע פאלקאמענע פעראייניגונג הערצושטעללען, גערעכטיגקייט צו שאפפען, אינערע רוהע צו זיכערן, פיר דיא פערטהײדיגונג צו זארגען, דאס אלגעמיינע װאָהל צו בעפערדערן, אונד דיא זעגנונגען דער פרײהײט פיר אונז אונד אונזערע קינדער צו ערהאלטען, פערארדנען אונד בעשטיממען דיא פאלגענדע קאנסטיטושאן פּיר דיא פער אײניגטען שטאאטען פאן אמעריקא. |
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