Quotation of the Day…
by Don Boudreaux
on November 11, 2025
… is from page 359 of Gordon Wood’s great 1991 book, The Radicalism of the American Revolution:
“The public happiness,” said Daniel Webster, “is to be the aggregate of the happiness of individuals. Our system begins with the individual man.” People did not have to feel guilty any more about pursuing their personal happiness here and now.
