The pursuit of happiness is an additional common right, naturally resulting from freedom and equality, and which can be prosecuted in any direction that does not interfere with the general pursuit of it on the part of the whole.
This quote emphasizes the importance of the pursuit of happiness as a fundamental right that stems from freedom and equality.
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