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The preamble to the United Nations Charter. A preamble (from Latin preambulum 'preliminary, preface') is an introductory and expressionary statement in a document that explains the document's purpose and underlying philosophy.
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, [note 1] 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.
Jan Smuts from South Africa originally wrote the opening lines of the Preamble as, "The High Contracting Parties, determined to prevent a recurrence of the fratricidal strife which twice in our generation has brought untold sorrow and loss upon mankind. . ."
The Preamble to the Constitution of India is based on the Objectives Resolution, which was moved in the Constituent Assembly by Jawaharlal Nehru on 13 December 1946 accepted on 22 January 1947 and adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949, coming into force on 26 January 1950, celebrated as the Republic Day of India, and was initially drafted by Jawaharlal Nehru. [1]
Preambles of Constitutions of Albania (2 P) Pages in category "Preambles" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
The preambles to the Constitution of the Czech Republic and of Slovakia do not mention God directly, but refer to the country's "spiritual wealth" (Czech Republic) or to "the spiritual heritage of Cyril and Methodius" (Slovakia). [13] Poland's and Ukraine's constitutional preambles contain a nominatio dei (see the list below).
preambles can be used to identify the purpose of a statute, and also as an aid to construing ambiguous statutory language; the preamble to the Constitution Act, 1867 , is not only a key to construing the express provisions of the Act, but also invites the use of those organizing principles to fill out gaps in the express terms of the ...
The following is a list of the current constitutions of the states in the United States. Each entry shows the ordinal number of the current constitution, the official name of the current constitution, the date on which the current constitution took effect, and the estimated length of the current constitution.