Opinion | What did the founders mean by the pursuit of happiness?
- Posted on July 3, 2026
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Opinion | What did the founders mean by the pursuit of happiness?
"The authors of the declaration — Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston — were not being playful, whimsical or ironic. They were deadly serious," Timothy Taylor writes.