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{{cquote|'''<font-size 200%>We the People</font-size>''' of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defen.<!--Please See the note at the bottom before changing this to "defense"-->ce, 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.<ref>In the hand-written engrossed copy of the Constitution maintained in the National Archives, the (British) spelling "defence" is used in the preamble (''See'' the [http://www.house.gov/Constitution/Constitution.html House of Representatives transcription] and [http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/charters_downloads.html the Archives' image of the engrossed document]). The [http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution_transcript.html National Archives transcription], however, uses the spelling "defense".</ref>}}

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