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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.

我们合众国人民，为了建立更完善的联邦，树立正义，保障国内安宁，筹备共同防务，促进普遍福利，并使我们自己和我们的后代得享自由的幸福，特为美利坚合众国制定和确立本宪法。