Benjamin Franklin warned, “This can only end in despotism.” He knew that when the people themselves become corrupt, liberty doesn’t stand a chance. He wasn’t alone – founders and the great thinkers they learned from saw it over and over again: no matter the system, no matter the laws, once the people decay, tyranny follows. Guaranteed. And today, we’re on that same path – not because we’re being forced, but because we’ve chosen it. This episode is about the one corruption no constitution can fix: the corruption of the people themselves.
Path to Liberty: June 13, 2025
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Benjamin Franklin – Letter To The Abbés Chalet And Arnaud (17 Apr 1787)
James Madison – Virginia Ratifying Convention (20 June 1788)
Thomas Jefferson – Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XIX (1784)
Algernon Sidney – Discourses Concerning Government (1680)
Samuel Adams – Valerius Poplicola, Boston Gazette (5 Oct 1772)
John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania No. XI (1767)
The Works of Tacitus, vol. 1 – Gordon’s Discourses, Annals (Books 1-3)
Machiavelli – Discourses on Livy (1513)
Thomas Gordon – Works of Sallust (1744)
John Dickinson – Fabius IV (19 Apr 1788)
Samuel Adams – Candidus, Boston Gazette (14 Oct 1771)
Benjamin Franklin – Philadelphia Convention (17 Sept 1787)
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