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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: The Pursuit of Happiness: Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO of the National Constitution Center
Description: What did āthe pursuit of happinessā mean to our nationās founders and how did that famous phrase become the foundation of our democracy?The Declaration of Independence identifies āthe pursuit of happinessā as one of our unalienable rights, along with life and liberty. In a new book, National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen profiles six of the most influential foundersāBenjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and Alexander Hamiltonāto show what pursuing happiness meant in their lives.By reading the classical Greek and Roman moral philosophers who inspired the F...