Happiness is a state of enjoyment or pleasure brought on by favorable circumstances or positive outcomes in life. Pursuit of happiness can be defined as actively working to achieve daily contentment. The Declaration of Independence sets life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as "unalienable" rights. With the first two rights, the founders sought to ensure that government would refrain from taking away precious entitlements of citizenry. The founders surely realized that while everyone should …showed first 75 words of 725 total…

…showed last 75 words of 725 total…can obviously not be held solely responsible for a person's pursuit of happiness. A person still must seek out their own happiness in their own way. The government is only present to allow a person to seek that happiness. If a person is incapable of attaining happiness in America, it is most likely their own fault. The Government is the backbone of our nation and therefore determines our ability to pursue happiness in our lives.