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Quotation from Inaugural Address (John Adams) by John Adams
“Measures were pursued to concert a plan to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty”
Inaugural Address (John Adams), Inaugural address, fourth paragraph (Project Gutenberg #4938)
Adams paraphrases the Preamble to describe the purposes for which the Constitution was framed.
Citation: "Measures were pursued to concert a plan to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty" — John Adams, Inaugural Address (John Adams), Inaugural address, fourth paragraph (Project Gutenberg #4938). (id john-adams-inaugural-address-q5)
