‘Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom’

A couple more quotes that the godless political no doubt hates — here’s Founding Father Ben Franklin:

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

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“The worship of God is a duty… [Freedom] is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God.”