Preamble, Minnesota Constitution

Minnesota Constitution
Preamble
Articles
I • II • III • IV • V • VI • VII • VIII • IX • X • XI • XII • XIII • XIV

The Preamble of the Minnesota Constitution precedes 14 articles.

Preamble

	Text of Preamble: We, the people of the state of Minnesota, grateful to God for our civil and religious liberty, and desiring to perpetuate its blessings and secure the same to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution.

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

• Minnesota State Legislature, "Constitution of the State of Minnesota"
• Minnesota Secretary of State, "Amendments to Minnesota's Constitution proposed to the voters since 1858"
• Minnesota Historical Society, "Minnesota's Constitution(s)"
• Minnesota Statutes, "161.114 Constitutional trunk highways"
• Minnesota Legislative Manual 1973–74

Additional reading

• Morrison, Mary Jane (2002). The Minnesota State Constitution: A Reference Guide, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press
• MinnPost, "An interactive history of constitutional amendments in Minnesota"
• Riner, Steve (2003). "Legal Basis for Establishment of Minnesota Trunk Highways". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page