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To: MayflowerMadam

RE: Benjamin Franklin was a pretty good leader.

I love Ben but he was not a leader, visionary perhaps, but he was a statesman akin to today’s state department.


2,098 posted on 02/06/2016 6:51:21 PM PST by big'ol_freeper (Ná tabhair shilíní le muca nó comhairle do amadáin)
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To: big'ol_freeper

“I love Ben but he was not a leader”

I believe that he was the one who actually brought all the competing factions together so they could agree on the Constitution. Without him, the men could’ve — maybe would have — dispersed and where would we be?

I guess you’re right that that’s not a “leader” with a title and position, but sometimes leaders work in the background.


2,200 posted on 02/06/2016 6:57:10 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (Romans 8:38-39)
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