Henry Bolingbroke Quotes

Nations, like men, have their infancy.

Henry Bolingbroke



Patriotism must be founded on great principals and supported by great virtue.

Henry Bolingbroke



Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt.

Henry Bolingbroke



The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue.

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 nobody's word about them.

Henry Bolingbroke