Secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” Perhaps there never was an instrument framed by men at the beginning of any national career designed to accomplish nobler objects than those set forth in the preamble of this constitution.
Douglass emphasizes the noble intentions behind the U.S. Constitution's preamble, highlighting its aim to secure liberty for future generations.
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