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The gross hypocrisy in fighting a war for liberty
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Benjamin Franklin

The gross hypocrisy infighting a war for liberty, liberty of people,and not including...

The gross hypocrisy in
fighting a war for liberty, liberty of people,
and not including everybody was obvious

Full Transcript

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The gross hypocrisy in fighting a war for liberty,
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liberty of people, and not including everybody
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was obvious.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
01:39:20
Uploaded
May 05, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Florentine Films

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Movie Summary

Exploring the life and work of writer and publisher, scientist and inventor, diplomat and signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution: Benjamin Franklin.
S01 • E02 If you're talking about liberty, you're talking about liberty. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
If you're talking about liberty, you're talking ab...
S01 • E01 Brown: He sees the issue as one of respect. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Brown: He sees the issue as one of respect.
S01 • E02 Narrator: With the Constitution in place, - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
Narrator: With the Constitution in place,
S01 • E01 What holds an empire together is a sense of common feeling. - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
What holds an empire together is a sense of common feeling.
S01 • E01 Right? Of common economic interest, - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Right? Of common economic interest,
S01 • E02 Man as Franklin: To the Senate - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
Man as Franklin: To the Senate
S01 • E01 The power doesn't reside in the capacity - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
The power doesn't reside in the capacity
S01 • E02 From a persuasion that equal liberty - Benjamin Franklin 00:31
From a persuasion that equal liberty
S01 • E01 Isaacson: Benjamin Franklin keeps trying to hold - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Isaacson: Benjamin Franklin keeps trying to hold
S01 • E01 Trying to figure out some middle ground - Benjamin Franklin 00:13
Trying to figure out some middle ground
S01 • E01 And that was Franklin's hope, that somehow - Benjamin Franklin 00:22
And that was Franklin's hope, that somehow
S01 • E02 Schiff: The first real act of Franklin's life, - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Schiff: The first real act of Franklin's life,
S01 • E02 So, here you have a young man in quest of freedom. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
So, here you have a young man in quest of freedom.
S01 • E02 And the last real act of... The last public act - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
And the last real act of... The last public act
S01 • E01 But I do not find that I have gained - Benjamin Franklin 00:17
But I do not find that I have gained
S01 • E02 So, the end... the life is largely bookended in a way, um, - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
So, the end... the life is largely bookended in a way, um,
S01 • E02 Benjamin Franklin evolved as far as his understanding - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
Benjamin Franklin evolved as far as his understanding
S01 • E01 Narrator: As the political crisis continued to build, - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Narrator: As the political crisis continued to build,
S01 • E02 He didn't see anything wrong with it - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
He didn't see anything wrong with it
S01 • E02 But in his last years, he started to change his mind. - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
But in his last years, he started to change his mind.