right to the pursuit of happiness

Other forms: rights to the pursuit of happiness

Definitions of right to the pursuit of happiness
  1. noun
    the right to try to find happiness
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    human right
    (law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law)
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