It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good Rick Santorum made his name in the 2012 presidential race with his principled conservatism. To understand Santorum’s worldview and vision for America, there is no better source than his New York Times bestselling book, It Takes a Family. It Takes a Family is one of the most profound and comprehensive books of political thought ever written by a politician. Santorum offers a penetrating look at the social, political, and economic shifts that have hurt American families—and a principled, genuinely conservative plan for reversing this slide. Here Santorum explains his core beliefs, laying out a humane vision that he believes must inform public policy if it is to be effective and just. Politicians of both parties, he shows, fail to address the way Americans truly live their lives: in families, neighborhoods, churches, and communities. It Takes a Family is animated by an appreciation for the civic bonds that unite a community—an appreciation that lies at the heart of genuine conservatism. |
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... Americans today. Liberalism is an ideology; conservatism is common sense. By almost any measure, the political, economic, and social achievements of this nation in just over two centuries are astounding, and American accomplishments in ...
... Americans today. Liberalism is an ideology; conservatism is common sense. By almost any measure, the political, economic, and social achievements of this nation in just over two centuries are astounding, and American accomplishments in ...
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... America. If, over the past generation, we have made great strides in some areas, it is also the case that in the same generation we have seen alarming trends in American society as well: an epidemic of promiscuity and sexually ...
... America. If, over the past generation, we have made great strides in some areas, it is also the case that in the same generation we have seen alarming trends in American society as well: an epidemic of promiscuity and sexually ...
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... Americans today? Why, to the very associations that the village elders distrust. And we ought to start with what has ... American conservative thinker, Russell Kirk, argued that the fundamental conservative disposition in politics is the ...
... Americans today? Why, to the very associations that the village elders distrust. And we ought to start with what has ... American conservative thinker, Russell Kirk, argued that the fundamental conservative disposition in politics is the ...
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... American life that we are tempted to take for granted are not necessarily ours by nature or by chance, but are the ... America is serious business, for we have been entrusted with the greatest enterprise in the history of the world ...
... American life that we are tempted to take for granted are not necessarily ours by nature or by chance, but are the ... America is serious business, for we have been entrusted with the greatest enterprise in the history of the world ...
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... American civilization into five distinct but interrelated pieces. These pieces represent the forces that determine who we are collectively as a people, and, at once, constitute the environment in which our lives and the lives of the ...
... American civilization into five distinct but interrelated pieces. These pieces represent the forces that determine who we are collectively as a people, and, at once, constitute the environment in which our lives and the lives of the ...
Contents
SOCIAL CAPITAL AND THE TIES THAT BIND | |
What Kind of Freedom? | |
Abundant Families in the Land of Plenty | |
Economic Responsibility | |
Work and Human Dignity | |
Wealth and Ownership | |
The Power of Knowledge | |
FaithBased Transformations | |
Smart Reinvesting | |
Wealth and Race | |
Habits of Association | |
Trust and Civic Connection | |
Subsidiarity vs Central Control | |
Changing Lives Building Families | |
Parents and Children | |
Religion and Social Capital | |
Where Social Capital Is Weakest | |
THE ROOTS OF PROSPERITY | |
MORAL ECOLOGY | |
Liberty and Virtue | |
Moral Capital and the Moral Environment | |
The Rule of Judges | |
A Personal Aside | |
The Impact of Partial Birth Abortion | |
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