My aim is to fix this principle, that limitations on a crown ought to be carried as far as it is necessary to secure the liberties of a people; and t… - Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

A patriot king will neither neglect, nor sacrifice his country's interest. No other interest, neither a foreign nor a domestic, neither a public nor a private, will influence his conduct in government... To give ease and encouragement to manufactory at home, to assist and protect trade abroad, to improve and keep in heart the national colonies, like so many farms of the mother-country, will be principal and constant parts of the attention of such a prince.

Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.

The minister <nowiki>[</nowiki>Robert Walpole<nowiki>]</nowiki> preaches corruption aloud and constantly, like an impudent missionary of vice.