Today's American Minute

How do Politicians become Corrupt? "The Love of Power and the Love of Money" warned Franklin - American Minute with Bill Federer

January 30, 2024

81-year-old Ben Franklin gave an address, titled "Dangers of a Salaried Bureaucracy": "Sir, there are two passions which have a powerful influence in the affairs of men ... ambition and avarice -- the love of power and the love of money ... When united ... they have ... the most violent effects. Place before the eyes of such men a post of honor, that shall, at the same time, be a place of profit, and they will move heaven and earth to obtain it."

Justice James Wilson: America has "the BEST form of government which has EVER been offered to the WORLD"- American Minute with Bill Federer

January 24, 2024 • Justice James Wilson: America "the BEST form of government which has EVER been offered to the WORLD"

He added: "Under that Constitution there are 'citizens,' but no 'subjects.'" What Wilson was underscoring was that Kings have "subjects" who are subjected to the King's will. Republics have "citizens," who are effectively co-rulers, co-sovereigns, co-kings.

Plato on How Democracies Collapse: "The manner of life is that of democrats ... Every man does what is right in his own eyes" - American Minute with Bill Federer

January 16, 2024

Ben Franklin "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom"

Booker T. Washington "If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else" - American Minute with Bill Federer

January 12, 2024 • Booker T. Washington "If you want to lift yourself up • lift up someone else"

Secretary of the Navy John D. Long wrote during the Spanish-American War, October 9, 1898: "Booker T. Washington is, perhaps, the finest orator in the country and these troops the best fighting soldiers of the war."

Russia: From Vikings to Mongols to Tsars to Socialist Dictatorships to Ukraine invasion - American Minute with Bill Federer

January 09, 2024 • Russia: From Vikings to Mongols to Tsars to Socialist Dictatorships to Ukraine invasion

In 986 A.D., Vladimir decided to throw his pagan gods in the Dnieper River and embrace a monotheistic faith. After hearing an explanation of the Gospel, and learning that the New Testament had been written in the Greek language, and that many cities mentioned in the New Testament were located in the Byzantine Empire, Vladimir was baptized into Eastern Orthodox Christianity.