Virtue necessary for happiness.

"There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity; since we ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained."

George Washington, First Inaugural Address.

We have lost sight of what Washington said. In order for man to be happy, he needs to first be virtuous. In this case, very Aristotelian, Washington states that the happy life is the one connected with the ability to have and practice virtue. Also, Washington connected man's ability to be virtuous with his ability to be a citizen. According to Washington, without virtue, man loses the ability to be a citizen; he loses the ability to serve his country the way he is supposed to.

Traditionalism, and the conservative movement, are in need of this change above all else. If the political man was to be virtuous, then he would be the best man for fixing America's problems.

Help the virtuous man.

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Mike Morrell