Preamble of the Philippine Constitution

PREAMBLE We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid

of Almighty God, in order to build a just and humane society, and establish a

Government that shall embody our ideals and aspirations, promote the common good,

conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure to ourselves and our posterity, the blessings of

independence and democracy under the rule of law and a regime of truth,

justice, freedom, love, equality, and peace,

do ordain and promulgate this Constitution.