In no State is there a weightier law than that which centers its stability in the supreme hereditary power of one particular family, unconnected and un-commingling with any other lineage in that State.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed.
The strength of the nation ultimately depends upon the strength of family and community.
There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
Strong families are vital to strong societies.
Powerful states can maintain themselves only by crime, little states are virtuous only by weakness.
The life of states cannot, any more than the life of individuals, be conditioned by the force and the will of a unit, however powerful, but by the consensus of a group, which must one day include all states.
Heredity provides for the modification of its own machinery.
I want the traditional family upheld, but I don't want it upheld to the detriment of other people.
While hereditary chiefs inhabit the apex of our traditional social systems, it would be a mistake to think they hold all the power. They aren't kings. They aren't dictators. They're answerable to their clans and their matriarchs. All decisions that affect our communities require lengthy, deliberate discussions and careful negotiation.
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