Life Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness

Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness is not something we have by nature. We are born with minds and talents that we may use to pursue happiness. “The Pursuit of Happiness” is the known as the most famous phrase in the Declaration of Independence. The Pursuit of Happiness was thought to be an unalienable right by the writers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. When the Declaration of Independence was written, happiness meant something different than it does today. The term happiness comes from the old norse term happ meaning “luck” or “chance”. Happiness in the 1500’s are still very much in use, such as “good luck,” “success,” and “contentment”. The writers of the Declaration of Independence