Thev Declaration Of Independence states every American has the right to pursue happiness. It doesn't guarantee happiness because that is impossible: no one can make us happy and no one is happy all the time. But happiness is the proper object of mankind and being happy is a boon not just to our own disposition but also to taking delight in the well-being of our fellow human beings. Liberals are not happy but conservatives have come to accept happiness as the
sunum bonum of the human condition.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
"It doesn't guarantee happiness because that is impossible"No, because it isn't the role of our government. Many would be happy if they recived a job, house and retirement package from a Central Planning Office.