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Rights concern equal chances, not results

Drawn from what William Graham Sumner said

happiness
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happiness What makes a life go well: whether it is meaning, love, virtue, enough money, or simply expecting less.

What William Graham Sumner actually said

  1. William Graham Sumner American sociologist (1840 to 1910)
    Rights do not pertain to results, but only to chances. They pertain to the conditions of the struggle for existence, not to any of the results of it; to the pursuit of happiness, not to the possession of happiness.

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