If the words 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn't worth the hemp it was written on.
Terence McKennaAbout author
- Author's profession: Writer
- Nationality: american
- Born: November 16, 1946
- Died: April 3, 2000
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