Benjamin Franklin: no freedom without virtue

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.

[00:00:04]Benjamin Franklin knew freedom has a price and it must be earned.

[00:00:10]If the people themselves are morally corrupt, they won't just tolerate corruption in government, they'll literally beg for it and vote for it by the millions. And the end result?

[00:00:24]Every single branch of government will be as rotten to the core as the people who put them there.