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I think a better question is how did "property" become "the pursuit of happiness"? I believe that property rights are a core principal of American freedoms. Ot

I think a better question is how did "property" become "the pursuit of happiness"? I believe that property rights are a core principal of American freedoms. Otherwise there would not be 'just compensation' for it in the constitution.

boomboomsubban 6y ago
The Fifth Amendment came around fifteen years after the Declaration of Independence.