Nations, like men, have their infancy. – Henry Bolingbroke
We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities. – Henry Bolingbroke
Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt. – Henry Bolingbroke
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 nobodys word about them. – Henry Bolingbroke
Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue. – Henry Bolingbroke
