Benjamin Franklin Class

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“Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.”
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

“To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.”
—Walter Benjamin (1892–1940)

“There never was a good war or a bad peace.”
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

“Class is rarely talked about in the United States; nowhere is there a more intense silence about the reality of class differences than in educational settings.”
—bell hooks (b. c. 1955)