“The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”
~Benjamin Franklin
I think it is an obvious misquote because: The constitution does not grant the right to pursue happiness, that phrase is from the declaration of independence, as a writer of both documents would obviously know.
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/40251...
“The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”
~Benjamin Franklin
I think it is an obvious misquote because:
The constitution does not grant the right to pursue happiness, that phrase is from the declaration of independence, as a writer of both documents would obviously know.
To back me up:
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democr...
I can't find a cite anywhere to this quote be attributed to Franklin.