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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... can provide a substitute . The village elders don't seem to understand that a stable marriage is the greatest protection for children and the most powerful energizer of their success . The research on this point has found that.
... can provide a substitute . The village elders don't seem to understand that a stable marriage is the greatest protection for children and the most powerful energizer of their success . The research on this point has found that.
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... marriage have higher grades and , according to their teachers , are better students than kids whose parents are not happily married . You may think it sounds trite when you tell one of your children , " I love you and I'll always be ...
... marriage have higher grades and , according to their teachers , are better students than kids whose parents are not happily married . You may think it sounds trite when you tell one of your children , " I love you and I'll always be ...
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... married mom and dad, and the more of these families there are in a community, the better it is for everyone. Crime, for example, is directly related to family structure. We should know this from common sense and our own life experiences ...
... married mom and dad, and the more of these families there are in a community, the better it is for everyone. Crime, for example, is directly related to family structure. We should know this from common sense and our own life experiences ...
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... marriage. The second plane is the single-parent home. Second, I want to be sure that we avoid the trap of somehow presenting father absence as an inner-city, minority problem. It is not. In absolute numbers, there are more white than ...
... marriage. The second plane is the single-parent home. Second, I want to be sure that we avoid the trap of somehow presenting father absence as an inner-city, minority problem. It is not. In absolute numbers, there are more white than ...
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... marriage, it is conceivable that the No-Fault Freedom caveat may be true, (i.e., “as long as no one gets hurt”), but this is virtually impossible when children are involved. In disrupted families, only about one child in six sees his ...
... marriage, it is conceivable that the No-Fault Freedom caveat may be true, (i.e., “as long as no one gets hurt”), but this is virtually impossible when children are involved. In disrupted families, only about one child in six sees his ...
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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