The Importance of Self-Knowledge

The author is working on a book about conservatism and religious freedom. He says that to be conservative, you first have to start with the idea that human beings are fallen,. flawed, sinful, depraved. Conservatives don't think of change as being bad; Liberals think change is good for its own sake. The main argument of the book is that conservatives are in the best position to preserve our children's freedoms.