Thomas Jefferson Happiness Quotes

What did Thomas Jefferson say about Happiness?

Thomas Jefferson has written many quotes about Happiness. E.g.,

• Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.
• The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
• If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.

What are the top most famous Happiness quotes by Thomas Jefferson?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Happiness by Thomas Jefferson.

• Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.
• The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
• If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.
• 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.
• It is neither wealth nor splendor but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
• Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.