"Kami, ang nakapangyayaring Sambayanang Pilipino, namamalikluhod ng tulong sa Poong Maykapal, upang..."

Preamble, 1987 Constitution of the Philippines (translated in Filipino)

Read every word as it sinks in. And realize the supreme standard of our civic life, and how far we have fallen from it. 

And now, our leaders are trying to scrap it.

The original text reads:

“We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God, in order to build a just and humane society and establish a Government that shall embody our ideals and aspirations, promote the common good, conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure to ourselves and our posterity the blessings of independence and democracy under the rule of law and a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality, and peace, do ordain and promulgate this Constitution.”

For related posts about the Philippine Constitution:

- Freedom Declarations that Influenced Ours

- The Constitution Speaks

- A Mere Scrap of Paper: The Constitutional Convention Hijacked Under Martial Law

(via indiohistorian)