A few quotes from the founders of America on happiness, and then some. Helpful to anchor the happiness movement in basic societal values.

1. “The care of human life
and happiness, and not
their destruction, is the
only legitimate object of
good government.”
Thomas Jefferson
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2. “The only orthodox object of
the institution of government
is to secure the greatest
degree of happiness possible
to the general mass of those
associated under it.”
Thomas Jefferson
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3. “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
them are Life, Liberty and Pursuit
of Happiness. ”
Thomas Jefferson
The Declaration of Independence
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4. “Happiness of
society is the end
of government.”
John Adams
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5. “The aggregate happiness
of the society, which is
best promoted by the
practice of a virtuous
policy, is, or ought to be,
the end of all government
….”
George Washington
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6. “Happiness is the
meaning and the
purpose of life, the
whole aim and end of
human existence.”
Aristotle
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7. “Our gross national product
if we should judge America
by that…measures
everything, in short, except
that which makes life
worthwhile. ”
Bobby Kennedy
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