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# Preamble, Georgia Constitution

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Georgia Constitution

Preamble
Articles
I • II • III • IV • V • VI • VII • VIII • IX • X • XI

## Contents

* 1 Preamble
* 2 See also
* 3 External links
* 4 Additional reading
* 5 Footnotes

The Preamble of the Georgia Constitution precedes eleven articles.

## Preamble

| Text of Preamble:

To perpetuate the principles of free government, insure justice to all, preserve peace, promote the interest and happiness of the citizen and of the family, and transmit to posterity the enjoyment of liberty, we the people of Georgia, relying upon the protection and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish this Constitution.[1]

## See also

* State constitution
* Constitutional article
* Constitutional amendment
* Constitutional revision
* Constitutional convention
* Amendments
* Initiated constitutional amendment
* Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
* Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
* Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
* State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

## External links

| Suggest a link

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* Georgia Secretary of State, "Georgia Constitution"
* Georgia Encyclopedia, "Georgia Constitution"
* Quizlet, "Georgia Constitution & Government Study Questions"

## Additional reading

* Ware, Ethel Kime (1947). A Constitutional History of Georgia, New York, New York: Columbia University Press.
* Hill Jr., Melvin B. (1994). The Georgia State Constitution: A Reference Guide, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.
* State of Georgia (1877). Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the People of Georgia: Held in the City of Atlanta in the months of July and August 1877, Atlanta, Georgia: Jas. P. Harrison & Co., State Printers and Publishers.

## Footnotes

1. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Georgia Constitution," accessed March 26, 2014

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