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.

There is a difference between the terms nation,

state, and country, even though the words are often
used interchangeably.
Country and State are synonymous terms that both
apply to self-governing political entities. A nation,
however, is a group of people who share the same
culture but do not have sovereignty.
When the “s” of state is lowercase, it constitutes a
part of a whole country, such as the different states
of the United States of America. When the “S” of
State is uppercase it signifies an independent
country.