Preamble, New York Constitution

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The Preamble of the New York Constitution precedes 20 articles.

Preamble[edit]


	Text of Preamble: We The People of the State of New York, grateful to Almighty God for our Freedom, in order to secure its blessings, DO ESTABLISH THIS CONSTITUTION.^[1]

See also[edit]

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External links[edit]

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Additional reading[edit]

Galie, Peter J., and Christopher Bopst. (2012). The New York State Constitution, New York, New York: Oxford University Press
Galie, Peter J. (1990). The New York State Constitution: A Reference Guide, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press
Lincoln, Charles Zebina. (1906). The Constitutional History of New York, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company

Footnotes[edit]

↑ New York State, "New York Constitution," accessed March 30, 2014

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