Brands like Chevrolet, Ford, and Dodge are not only a cornerstone in the automotive industry, they are icons to the American way of life and our never -
ending pursuit of happiness.
Not exact matches
A reasonable Darwinian objection to the
pursuit of happiness that
ends only in death being natural is that there's no explanation for members
of one species alone not being hardwired, in effect, to be happy by doing what comes naturally.
The
pursuit of happiness became the private accumulation
of economic wealth and the chief
end of government became protection
of the market place.
While striving for this
end, the natural goals (the secular purusharthas — artha, kama, and dharma —
pursuit of wealth,
happiness and duties
of one's social station)
of civil society are organized according to the laws
of sadharana dharma
of ahimsa, varnasrama dharma
of four social vocations and the asrama stages
of individual life.
We hold these truths to be self - evident; that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent
of the governed; that whenever any form
of government becomes destructive
of these
ends, it is the right
of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundations on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them seem most likely to effect their safety and
happiness.
Democracy is not an
end in itself, it is a means to an aspiration (e.g. life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness).
The
pursuit of happiness is a theme that is prevalent throughout our lives: We talk about getting our happy
endings and living happily ever after; we say we «just want our kids to be happy.»
The
Pursuit of Happiness is written into our Declaration of Independence, and pursuit of a Happy Ending is written into our favorite fair
Pursuit of Happiness is written into our Declaration
of Independence, and
pursuit of a Happy Ending is written into our favorite fair
pursuit of a Happy
Ending is written into our favorite fairytales.
So while it offers the reasonable assertion that the importance
of love and family shouldn't be lost in the
pursuit of a dream, it still
ends with a message
of no -
happiness - without - marriage straight outta the 16th century.
The «
pursuit of happiness» was paralleled, in the century
of the self, by the sermons
of Abstract Expressionism: pentimenti - free promises
of transcendence, purity, or the sublime, glowing at the
end of the tunnel.
We were ``... endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights... Life, Liberty and the
pursuit of Happiness... to secure these rights Governments are instituted... whenever any Form
of Government becomes destructive
of these
ends, it is the Right
of the People to alter or abolish it...» — USA Declaration
of Independence, 4 July 1776 http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/