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and our posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United States ofAmerica.
What an amazing document.
The American
Constitution was the first of its kind to be prepared by
"the people"
through their delegates in convention.
It
was the first Constitution to recognize the right of a
people to self-government.
It
was also the first
Constitution to secure the rights of people from
government's power, by securing government so that
its several constituent parts were the means of keeping
each other in their proper place.
And what a refreshing notion. The American
approach was that government should serve the people.
They were not to be a people of, by, and for their
government. The only powers any government could
have were the powers that people willingly gave to it.
Having successfully won the Revolutionary War, the
Americans meant to live by free will. There would be
freedom of choice and freedom of action.
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