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“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquality, the Blessings of Liberty for ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
Those words written 196 years ago are still sending their echoes around the world. Thanks to the U. S. Constitution, we remain the freest people on this planet. We remain the model of personal liberty in a world where too many wear the chains of bondage, on their minds if not on their bodies.
Constitution Week, September 17 through 23, is a time set aside to reflect on the Constitution and appreciate the privilege of America citizenship protected by this body of law drafted almost two centuries ago and “intended to endure for ages.”
The observance comes at a time when we’ve just had a lesson in the difference between the nation created by this Constitution and our ideological opposite, the Soviet Union. “We the People of the United States” would never countenance the destruction of a commercial airliner carrying men, women and children, not if it flew over our missile silos, not if it flew over our SAC bases, not if it flew over top secret military installations.
But if our government—either by accident or deliberately—committed such an outrage, “We the Peo
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