The happiness of society is the end of government.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.
When ambition ends, happiness begins.
Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there.
The pursuit of happiness is in our Constitution. We're all entitled to have the best we can.
Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
The independence of all political and other bother is a happiness.
No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.
I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit of happiness.
Could a government dare to set out with happiness as its goal? Now that there are accepted scientific proofs, it would be easy to audit the progress of national happiness annually, just as we monitor money and GDP.