Quotes by Pursuit Of Happiness It wouldn't take us long to discover the substance of that dream. It is found in those majestic words of the Declaration of Independence, words lifted to cosmic proportions: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by God, Creator, with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. This is a dream. It's a great dream. Unknown pursuit-of-happiness dream men Those self-evident principles of life and liberty, pursuit of happiness, they're not self-executing. They require each of us to get engaged. And what Barack Obama is really concerned about is to ensure that the American people appreciate their power to influence the democracy. Valerie Jarrett pursuit-of-happiness appreciate people To the European, it is a characteristic of the American culture that, again and again, one is commanded and ordered to 'be happy.' But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to 'be happy.' Once the reason is found, however, one becomes happy automatically. As we see, a human being is not one in pursuit of happiness but rather in search of a reason to become happy, last but not least, through actualizing the potential meaning inherent and dormant in a given situation. Viktor E. Frankl pursuit-of-happiness lasts culture It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness. Viktor E. Frankl pursuit pursuit-of-happiness happiness The rub is that the pursuit of happiness, as an end in itself, tends automatically, and widely, to be replaced by the pursuit of pleasure with a consequent general softening of the fibers of will, intelligence, spirit. Whittaker Chambers pursuit-of-happiness liberty freedom Thomas Jefferson was a real poet. He was slick with that 'pursuit' of happiness because the 'pursuit' puts it back on you. Will Smith pursuit-of-happiness poet real It is not the function of the State to make men happy. They must make themselves happy in their own way, and at their own risk. The functions of the State lie entirely in the conditions or chances under which the pursuit of happiness is carried on. William Graham Sumner pursuit-of-happiness men lying The chief duty of governments, in so far as they are coercive, is to restrain those who would interfere with the inalienable rights of the individual, among which are the right to life, the right to liberty, the right to the pursuit of happiness and the right to worship God according to the dictates of ones conscience. William Jennings Bryan pursuit-of-happiness government rights When great causes are on the move in the world, stirring all men's souls, drawing them from their firesides, casting aside comfort, wealth and the pursuit of happiness in response to impulses at once awe-striking and irresistible, we learn that we are spirits, not animals. Winston Churchill pursuit-of-happiness animal moving Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is part of our constitutional rights and it belongs to everybody. Jeffrey Tambor pursuit-of-happiness happiness life There is something very unique in American iconography about this notion of the pursuit of happiness. David Henry Hwang pursuit-of-happiness unique happiness Individual freedoms are the primary engine by which the pursuit of happiness can be maximally instantiated. Gad Saad engine pursuit-of-happiness happiness «1234567
