04 July 2023

The Pursuit of Happiness - What the Founding Fathers Thought Was Reason Enough for a Revolution

Such a curious reason to declare independence. It's not a guarantee of or a promise of. Jefferson and rest left Britain simply to pursue happiness.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. ..."

Hard to tell whether to blame it on us or happiness, but one or both seem to move around a bit. We don't just sit in one place with happiness or it with us. Here's to continuing the pursuit.

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