The objectives for the United States Constitution are outlined in its
preamble. Read it putting emphasis on the action verbs

An Abridgement of Constitutional Rights

By Nancy Salvato
Friday, November 20, 2009

“We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America…â€