Three Cheers For Hungary

This is a portion of a speech delivered by Michael Knowles at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium Feszt in Esztergom, Hungary, on July 28, 2023.

The liberals have levied all sorts of vague and preposterous attacks on Hungarian conservatives in recent years. But even the liberals can’t dispute one particularly conspicuous achievement, which is Hungary’s unique success at beginning to reverse the decades-long trend of demographic decline. And how have you done it? By supporting families. You’ve provided financial and political support for people to get married and have babies. You’ve provided more support the more babies people have. You’ve taken steps to protect babies in the womb. You’ve prioritized the good of your citizens over the desires of foreigners beyond your borders. You’ve defined what a marriage is and always must be and defended that definition.