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Politics By Faith w/Mike Slater

You’ve Been Lied To About the Pursuit of Happiness

Politics By Faith w/Mike Slater

The First Digital Inc.

News, Christianity, Politics, Religion & Spirituality

4.9592 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Mike Slater sits down with Richard C. Lyons to unpack what “the pursuit of happiness” really means beyond the common clichés. They explore how modern interpretations often miss the original intent behind the phrase and what it looks like in practice today. The conversation dives into practical insights on fulfillment, purpose, and how to rethink happiness in everyday life.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to our special, the Foundation of America.

0:09.0

Let's talk about this country of ours.

0:12.0

And we can use this right now.

0:15.0

Just take some time, sit back, think about our country,

0:18.0

who we were, who we can maybe be again. I've said this forever,

0:25.8

that our country can't be saved through politics. Politics is important. It's part of it.

0:30.9

I'm not saying it's nothing. I think about it like this. If life is basketball, politics is

0:36.9

dribbling.

0:38.5

It's important.

0:39.7

I'm not saying you don't have to ever dribble,

0:41.2

but you've got to score points to win the game.

0:44.6

And the thing that wins the game,

0:47.0

the thing that will save our country,

0:48.5

is not dribbling better.

0:50.4

Although you've got to dribble.

0:52.1

The thing that's going to say of our country is virtue.

0:55.7

All of our founding fathers recognize this.

0:58.3

This is the core of everything they stood for

1:01.1

and everything they built into this country.

1:03.3

They knew there was no way that this country

1:05.3

that they were creating would survive.

1:07.1

Even with the best, most perfectly written constitution

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