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“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the only legitimate object of good government.” Thomas Jefferson Your happiness counts. Count you happiness. happycounts.org

Founders Quotes on Happiness and the Purpose of Government

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“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the only legitimate object of good government.” Thomas Jefferson

Your happiness counts. Count you happiness. happycounts.org

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“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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“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 JeffersonThe Declaration of Independence

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“Happiness of society is the end of government.” John Adams

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“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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“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” Aristotle

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“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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