Constitution · Rhode Island

R.I. Const. pmbl.

Constitution
Constitution of Rhode Island
Text as of
October 2026

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We, the people of the State of Rhode Island, grateful to Almighty God for the civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing upon our endeavors to secure and to transmit the same, unimpaired, to succeeding generations, do ordain and establish this Constitution of government.

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