For the Founding Fathers, the pursuit of happiness meant the pursuit of long-term virtue, National Constitution Center ...
“We have no Government armed with Power capable of contending with human Passions unbridled by morality and Religion,” John Adams wrote in his 1798 Letter to the Massachusetts Militia, “Avarice, ...
Emphasizing virtue as the foundation of true joy, Jeffrey Rosen — president and CEO of the National Constitution Center — ...