If you want to make an effective argument, I suggest you get rid of quotes entirely. Benjamin Franklin was a great man, and his ideas deserve due consideration,

If you want to make an effective argument, I suggest you get rid of quotes entirely. Benjamin Franklin was a great man, and his ideas deserve due consideration, but the fact is most people barely know the man and even fewer give two shits for any thought he ever had. Better to ask "does <x> work?" E.g. "did all the cameras across London do fuck-all to stop crime?" It would be nice if people would think critically about such things in advance, but that's not a realistic thing to expect. Instead you should get good at saying basically "I told you so" while staying instructive and not coming across as a dick.