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The Pursuit of HappinessBook

by Jeffrey Rosen

Who uses, recommends or left The Pursuit of Happiness, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Spencer Cox
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Um the last one I I will mention is is one by uh by by Jeffrey Rosen and uh it's about the uh the Declaration of Independence is called the Pursuit of Happiness. as we're celebrating 250 years. Um that phrase the the the the uh that that phrase in the declaration. So life we we all understand what life is. Liberty that's that's freedom. But the pursuit of happiness we misunderstand.

Answering The Ezra Klein Show's closing question, three books to recommend, in “Spencer Cox Wants to Pull Our Politics Back From the Brink” (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-spencer-cox.html). Quoted from the episode's YouTube auto-captions.

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