Benjamin Franklin Class

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    “Necessity never made a good bargain.”
    —Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

    “Where there are no rights, there are no duties. To tell the truth is thus a duty; but it is a duty only in respect to one who has a right to the truth.”
    —Henri Benjamin Constant De Rebecque (1767–1830)

    “We are not certain, we are never certain. If we were we could reach some conclusions, and we could, at last, make others take us seriously.
    In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”
    —Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

    “Think of what our Nation stands for,
    Books from Boots’ and country lanes,
    Free speech, free passes, class distinction,
    Democracy and proper drains.”
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)