Question

What motivated the Founding Fathers to include the phrase "We the People" in the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution?

Answer 1

The phrase 'We the people' epitomizes the United States government's republican form." If this is so then the first thing that needs to be recognized is the fact is that the founding fathers who gathered together were representatives of their respective independent States. Thus, we know that they were speaking on behalf of the States and not of the individual persons of their respective State as promoted by one ideology. We can know this because the union they refer to is an union of States not an union of people. The name that they chose for this new nation is proof of that. While I might agree with the author in regards to the fact that the first phrase epitomizes the fact that the government is of a republican form, it says more than that. The word people is also a collective term. Thus, the word State may be used synonymously in its place also. So, that phrase serves two purposes. In applying this term we can use a more specific manner for the interpretation of the Constitution of the U.S. Constitution. quoted from http://griper-of-usa.blogspot.com/2010/10/preamble-to-constitution-of-united.html