Why Did Socrates Not Leave

I believe Socrates would agree with what President Clinton stated in his speech, if these people where so disgusted and disturbed by the government why did they not leave? This was an idea that Socrates expressed in the Crito. They had the freedom to live anywhere else, and yet they still decided to live in a country in which they believed was being suppressed by the government. Not only that, but they wrongly splattered the word patriot to justify their actions, which according to Socrates completely contradicted themselves he states, “It is never right to commit injustice or return injustice or defend one’s self against injury by retaliation.” Socrates does not justify retaliation through the use of violence. He would approach this scenario