The framers of the US Constitution wrote the Preamble to Introduce the core ideas of the new government, which is based on the principles of democracy, justice, domestic tranquility, liberty, and America's general welfare. The first words "We the people" also embraces an idea in which the new government is established: the concept of popular sovereignty, meaning that it is only the people who create, gives consents to and sustain the government, which, in turn, will advocate for their needs and interests as a society.