“We the People of the United states, grateful to Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations, for the preservation of the American Union and the existence of our civil, political and religious liberties, and humbly acknowledging our dependence on Him for the continuance of these blessings to us and to our posterity, do, for the more certain security thereof and for the better government of our good citizens, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”