Political conservatism cannot be separated from personal conservatism. Dissolute individuals, those who are incapable of preserving and restoring tra… - Yoram Hazony

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Political conservatism cannot be separated from personal conservatism. Dissolute individuals, those who are incapable of preserving and restoring traditional norms in their own lives, are not a material out of which cohesive and enduring families can be built. No tribe or nation can persist if its sons and daughters are not zealous to preserve their inheritance intact and to restore it when it has decayed or been forgotten.

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About Yoram Hazony

Yoram Hazony (born 6th of June 1964 in Rehovot) is an Israeli Orthodox Jew, philosopher, Talmudic scholar, and political theorist. He is president of the Herzl Institute in Jerusalem and serves as the chairman of the Edmund Burke Foundation.

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