Psychology Today | 19.06.2026 23:30Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Most Americans are familiar with these words in the introduction to the 1776 Declaration of Independence. The full phrase is: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
