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"There is something ridiculous and even quite indecent in an individual claiming to be happy. Still more a people or a nation making such a claim. The pursuit of happiness... is without any question the most fatuous which could possibly be undertaken. This lamentable phrase the pursuit of happiness is responsible for a good part of the ills and miseries of the modern world."
- Muggeridge, Malcolm

<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/18448">There is something ridiculous and even quite indecent in an individual claiming to be happy. Still more a people or a nation making such a claim. The pursuit of happiness... is without any question the most fatuous which could possibly be undertaken. This lamentable phrase the pursuit of happiness is responsible for a good part of the ills and miseries of the modern world.</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/author/5192/">Muggeridge, Malcolm</a> on <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/tag/happiness/">Happiness</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com">Quotations Book</a>

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