Talk:Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
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A particular claim made on this page is that the 3 part phrase is comparable other nations' slogans. This seems like the kind of thing that is original research/ personal opinion. Is there any published source making such a claim? I fully intend to remove that section if not. i kan reed 05:30, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
I dispute the claim made here that Thomas Jefferson considered property antithetical to liberty. Can I get a citation on that? My understanding has always been that Jefferson saw the phrase "pursuit of happiness" as including property, but also expanding on it. I doubt that the man who built Monticello would have anything but the highest regard for the right of property, and I've never seen anything in his writings, which I have read extensively, to lead me to believe otherwise.
- I had heard it was due to his not wanting slaves to have the right to property. Askbros 07:36, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
