Henry Bolingbroke
» Freedom » “Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society.”
» Knowledge » “The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to mount the first principles, and take nobody’s word about them.”
» Nations » “Nations, like men, have their infancy.”
» Patriotism » “Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue.”
» Politicians and Politics » “The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue.”
» Pride » “Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt.”
» Reason » “We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities.”
