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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 2830 |
| QUOTATION: | The happiness of society is the end of government. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | John Adams (1735–1826), U.S. statesman, president. Thoughts on Government (1776). The purpose of government to secure, among other rights, the pursuit of happiness, is one of the “self-evident truths” enshrined in the Declaration of Independence. See Jefferson on independence. |
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