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==Transcript of Bill of Rights (1791)==
==Transcript of Bill of Rights (1791)==
Congress of the United States
[[File:United States Congress - Bill of Rights - High 225ppi PD.jpg|400px|right|thumb|The original [[Bill of Rights]], preserved by the U.S. [[National Archives and Records Administration]], contains the first ten amendments to the [[United States Constitution]] and guarantees fundamental freedoms and legal protections.<ref>{{cite web
begun and held at the City of New-York, on
|title=Bill of Rights
|url=https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights
|website=National Archives
|publisher=[[National Archives and Records Administration]] (NARA)
|access-date=18 October 2026
}}</ref>]]
[[Congress of the United States]]
begun and held at the [[New York City|City of New-York]], on
Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.
Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.
The conventions of a number of the states, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added; and as extending the ground of public confidence in the government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution;-<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zotKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA338 The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution as Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia in 1787]</ref>
The conventions of a number of the states, having at the time of their adopting the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]], expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added; and as extending the ground of public confidence in the government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution;-<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zotKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA338 The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution as Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia in 1787]</ref>
''Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled'', two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all, or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution; viz.
''Resolved by the [[Senate]] and [[House of Representatives]] of the [[United States of America]], in Congress assembled'', two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all, or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution; viz.
''Articles in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth Article of the original Constitution.''
''Articles in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth Article of the original Constitution.''