<p>“Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” was a radical concept for the Founding Fathers. How did they get there? Walter Isaacson joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how one sentence in the Declaration of Independence set out a promise of America, how Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and John Adams wrestled with its crafting, and how we can still use these words as our common values in a polarized nation today. His book is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=the+greatest+sentence+ever+written&adgrpid=1339207698229048&hvadid=83700759334940&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=73649&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-83701662602353%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=22595_13494444&mcid=e6d818e5f4ba3803bd003a9446a8c5e9&msclkid=2a66d9c3eea6173da4b4b0e62506fd6a&tag=mh0b-20&ref=pd_sl_6ifikmls4c_e"><strong>“The Greatest Sentence Ever Written.”</strong></a></p>

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