The Founders' Constitution
Volume 2, Preamble, Document 5
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Preamble
Document 5
Vermont Constitution of 1777, Preamble
Thorpe 6:3737Whereas, all government ought to be instituted and supported, for the security and protection of the community, as such, and to enable the individuals who compose it, to enjoy their natural rights, and the other blessings which the Author of existence has bestowed upon man; and whenever those great ends of government are not obtained, the people have a right, by common consent, to change it, and take such measures as to them may appear necessary to promote their safety and happiness.
The Founders' Constitution
Volume 2, Preamble, Document 5
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/preambles5.html
The University of Chicago Press
Thorpe, Francis Newton, ed. The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the States, Territories, and Colonies Now or Heretofore Forming the United States of America. 7 vols. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1909.
