My late preamble entry #2

pre.am.ble  /ˈpriˌæmbəl, priˈæm-/  [pree-am-buhl, pree-am-]

–noun

1. an introductory statement; preface; introduction.

2. the introductory part of a statute, deed, or the like, stating the reasons and intent of what follows.

3. a preliminary or introductory fact or circumstance: His childhood in the slums was a preamble to a life of crime.

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Origin:

1350–1400; ME < ML praeambulum, n. use of neut. of LL praeambulus walking before. See pre-, amble

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The word preamble is just a simple everyday word, but to an American it is so much more.
To an American the word Preamble means the ability to speak. To speak for ourselves, to speak of our families, to speak for our country. Without the preamble that states, "WE THE PEOPLE" we would not be a people we would be the servants of our government, where it is our government which serves us. WE THE PEOPLE gives us the power to choose those who speak on our behalf. We have the power to speak against those who act against us. Without WE THE PEOPLE we may not be a united country. So stand up and become WE THE PEOPLE!