Much, doubtless, is due to that personal fascination which made him the inspiration of men so different as Pope and Voltaire; and the man who could supply ideas to Chatham and Disraeli cannot be wholly devoid of merit.
Laski acknowledges Bolingbroke's influence on notable figures like Pope and Voltaire despite his perceived shortcomings.
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From no accusation were its statesmen more anxious to be free than from that of a belief in democratic government.
Man is a one among many obstinately refusing reduction to unity.
The charge that he supported the Revolution in America and deserted it in France is without meaning; for in the one there is no word that can honorably be twisted to support the other.
If the American colonies want to go, let them by all means cut adrift.
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