The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.


Review of The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte (1827) by Sir Walter Scott, in the Christian Examiner (September - October 1827)

William Ellery Channing Quotes

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.