THE 1987 CONSTITUTION OF

THE REPUBLIC OF THE

PHILIPPINES – PREAMBLE

We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the

We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring
aid of Almighty God, in order to build a just and
the aid of Almighty God, in order to build a
humane
just andsociety,
humane and essociety,
tablish a and
Government that a
establish
s hall embody our
Government thatideals
shall and aspirations,
embody promote
our ideals and
the common good,
aspirations, promote conserve
the and developgood,
common our
patrimony, and
conserve and develop
secure toour ourselves and our
patrimony, and
secure
posterity,to theourselves
bless ingsandof our posterity, and
independence the
blessings
democracy of under independence
the rule of law and
and ademocracy
regime of
under the
truth, jus rule
tice, of lawlove,
freedom, andequality,
a regimeandofpeace,
truth,
justice, freedom, love, equality, and peace, do
do ordain and promulgate this Cons titution.
ordain and promulgate this Constitution.