“The "pursuit of happiness" in the Declaration of Independence didn't mean radical individualism. It meant the pursuit of virtue.”
2000s, Interview with Peter Robinson (2009)
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American historian and collegiate professor 1918–2015Related quotes
Only a Promise of Happiness: The Place of Beauty in a World of Art (2010), p. 138.

Ethics (New York:1915), § 70, pp. 190-191
The Principles of Ethics (1897), Part I: The Data of Ethics

“It is the pursuit of happiness that brings us happiness, and not the happiness achieved.”
A message he left on his website to his fans, dated September 18th, 2003
2003
Source: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life (1974), p. 30

“It's a great game - the pursuit of happiness.”