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[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

The preamble to the Constitution is NOT the same as the preamble to the declaration of Independence. They were completely separate documents written more than a decade apart.

in fact:

The Declaration was rarely mentioned during the debates about the United States Constitution, and its language was not incorporated into that document.[44]: 92  George Mason's draft of the Virginia Declaration of Rights was more influential, and its language was echoed in state constitutions and state bills of rights more often than Jefferson's words.[44]: 90 [21]: 165–167  "In none of these documents", wrote Pauline Maier, "is there any evidence whatsoever that the Declaration of Independence lived in men's minds as a classic statement of American political principles."[21]: 167 

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 hours ago

You have both corrected me well, I admit I was wrong. Sorry.

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