Victor Davis Hanson: Strong Fathers Build Civilizations—Weak Ones Lose Them

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🗓️ 13 June 2025

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In a culture that increasingly downplays masculinity and the traditional family, Hanson calls for a reevaluation of fatherhood—not as an optional accessory, but as a cornerstone of moral courage, responsibility, and strength on today's episode of "Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words." “ One of the roles of fathers is to give young children, especially males, a sense of direction. And almost this tragic sense that sometimes you have to do things that you don't want to do, but somebody else won't do them, you're going to be in trouble. “To the degree this country will make it, it will be a strong father figure that instructs us how to be masculine. How to be a man. How to protect the weak. How to stand forward and challenge bullies, that prey on the weak and the innocent. And that's a lost art now. 00:00 Introduction to Father's Day 00:54 Personal Reflections on Father's Day 01:37 Lessons from My Father 01:56 Stories of My Father's Support 05:15 The Role of Fathers in Society 06:22 Conclusion and Final Thoughts 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: https://youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1 👉If you can’t get enough of Victor Davis Hanson from The Daily Signal, subscribe to his official YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/victordavishanson7273 👉He’s also the host of “The Victor Davis Hanson Show,” available wherever you prefer to watch or listen. Links to the show and exclusive content are available on his website: https://victorhanson.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	June 15th is Father's Day. It's always the third Sunday of June.
0:04.0	It derives in our country from the early 1900s because we had a previous holiday of Mother's Day.
0:10.0	They wanted to also honor Father's Day in Europe. I think it's called St. Joseph's Day to honor the husband of the Virgin Mary.
0:17.0	In any case, we honor what our parents did for us by Mother's Day and for Father's Day.
0:23.2	And I think all of us, in this period of turbulent times, I think we must reevaluate the role of
0:28.5	fathers. To the degree this country will make it, it will be a strong father figure that
0:33.2	instructs us how to be masculine, how to be a man, stand forward and challenge bullies that
0:38.3	prey on the weak and the innocent. I think that's the role of fathers and that's a lost art
0:42.9	now.
0:43.9	Hello, this is Victor Davis Hansen for The Daily Signal.
0:58.7	June 15th is Father's Day.
1:00.8	It's always the third Sunday of June.
1:03.1	I remember when I was in college for the first time they made it a national holiday, I think,
1:08.0	in 1972.
1:09.7	It derives in our country from the early 1900s when people wanted to because we had a previous
1:16.6	holiday of Mother's Day they wanted to also honor Father's Day in Europe I think it's called St. Joseph's Day to honor the husband of the Virgin Mary. And in any case, we honor what our
1:32.2	parents did for us by Mother's Day and for Father's Day. It recalls something that I like to
1:39.7	share with you. One of the roles of fathers is to give young children, especially males, a sense of
1:46.3	direction, and almost this tragic sense that sometimes you have to do things that you don't want to do,
1:52.0	but somebody else won't do them. You're going to be in trouble. And I look back at my father,
1:57.7	I'd like to relate just three things very quickly. Once he, he wanted us to
2:03.0	work in the summer. We were working on the farm. There wasn't enough work. So he had a friend that
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