National Purposes and Aims in Adopting the Philippine Contitution as Set Forth in the Preamble

1. To build a just and humane society; and

2. To establish a Government that shall: a.) embody our ideals; b.) promote the common good; c.) conserve and develop our patrimony; and d.) 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.