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Letter to the Abbés Chalut and Arnoux

This letter is famous as the source of Benjamin Franklin’s quote on only a virtuous people can be free.

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“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.”

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• Title: Letter to the Abbés Chalut and Arnoux

• Author: Benjamin Franklin

• Type: Letter

• Publisher: n/a

• Publication time: April 17, 1787

• Publication place: Philadelphia, United States

• Link: https://franklinpapers.org/framedVolumes.jsp?vol=44&page=605

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