How Virtue Leads to Restoration

The growing awareness of what he has lost begs the question: ‘How do we restore virtue in a nation when it has been lost?’
How Virtue Leads to Restoration
It is temperance that allows us to remain focused on the needs of others rather than on our self-perceived needs. Luke Sharrett/Getty Images
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In recent years, Americans from across the political spectrum have bemoaned the loss of a virtuous society and the resulting divisions in our nation. For those of us who have grieved this loss, it seems like we have finally come full circle after decades of downplaying or even degrading the role of virtue in a stable and healthy society.
But this growing awareness of what we have lost begs the question: “How do we restore virtue in a nation when it has been lost?”
Timothy S. Goeglein
Timothy S. Goeglein
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Timothy S. Goeglein is vice president of external and government relations at Focus on the Family in Washington, D.C., and author of the new book “Stumbling Toward Utopia: How the 1960s Turned Into a National Nightmare and How We Can Revive the American Dream.”
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