We the people of the united states, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution for the united states of america.1 which statement reflects a main idea expressed in the passage? a. the federal government should not have the power to tax. b. the federal government is superior to state governments. c. the federal government must work for the good of the people. d. the federal government must be fully independent from great britain.