“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.”
Benjamin Franklin
Letter to the Abbés Chalut and Arnoux (Primary source)
This letter is famous as the source of Benjamin Franklin’s quote on only a virtuous people can be free.
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