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“The Pursuit of Happiness”

January 28, 2025

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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.


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Jeffrey Rosen

Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, delivered this forum address on January 28, 2025.