Jon Meacham Quote

Garry Wills’s classic 1978 book on the Declaration, Inventing America, put it well: When Jefferson spoke of pursuing happiness, Wills wrote, he had nothing vague or private in mind. He meant public happiness which is measurable; which is, indeed, the test and justification of any government.

Jon Meacham

Garry Wills’s classic 1978 book on the Declaration, Inventing America, put it well: When Jefferson spoke of pursuing happiness, Wills wrote, he had nothing vague or private in mind. He meant public happiness which is measurable; which is, indeed, the test and justification of any government.

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