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For the Founders, the pursuit of happiness meant not feeling good, but being good—not the pursuit of immediate pleasure, but the pursuit of long-term virtue.
A version of this forum address was published in the Spring 2025 Clark Memorandum.
Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, delivered this forum address on January 28, 2025.