Can Love Be Stronger Than Blood?
Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager
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4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Timeless Wisdom, Dennis Prager explores the significance of blood relations in society. He discusses how America's founding principles are rooted in the idea that blood doesn't matter, and that merit and values are what truly count. Dennis shares a thought-provoking conversation with listeners about adoption, family bonds, and the importance of love and values over blood ties. He also delves into the concept of "famalism," coined by Lawrence Harrison, which highlights the differences between the US and Latin America's approaches to family and blood relations.
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| 0:00.0 | On today's episode of timeless wisdom. |
| 0:03.6 | America was founded on the insignificance of blood. |
| 0:07.0 | That is why this country, it is one of the major reasons that America has succeeded |
| 0:11.6 | beyond the wildest imagination of human beings. |
| 0:15.7 | It is that America, as one writer put it, Lawrence Harrison, coined the term familism. |
| 0:22.2 | He asked a very simple question. |
| 0:24.2 | How come the United States thrived far more than Latin America did? |
| 0:29.6 | They value blood so much in Latin America that unless you were blood, they didn't trust you. |
| 0:36.4 | That's coming up on timeless wisdom with Dennis Prager. |
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| 1:13.8 | Hear thousands of hours of Dennis's lectures, courses, and classic radio programs, |
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| 1:23.6 | Welcome to the Dennis Prager Show, the ultimate Issues Hour, every week at this time. |
| 1:28.1 | I talk about some great issue of life. |
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