general welfare

general welfare

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The Constitution of the United States (1787) : general welfare [Keywords]

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.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) : general welfare [Keywords]

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966) : general welfare [Keywords]

all peoples freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development; In no case may a people be deprived of its own means of subsistence.

Charter of the United Nations (1945) : general welfare [Keywords]

establish an international organization to be known as the United Nations