Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Quote

No religion ever appeared in the world whose natural tendency was so much directed to promote the peace and happiness of mankind. It makes right reason a law in every possible definition of the word. And therefore, even supposing it to have been purely a human invention, it had been the most amiable and the most useful invention that was ever imposed on mankind for their good.


The Philosophical Works of Henry St-John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke: In Five Volumes (ed. 1754)


No religion ever appeared in the world whose natural tendency was so much directed to promote the peace and happiness of mankind. It makes right...

No religion ever appeared in the world whose natural tendency was so much directed to promote the peace and happiness of mankind. It makes right...

No religion ever appeared in the world whose natural tendency was so much directed to promote the peace and happiness of mankind. It makes right...

No religion ever appeared in the world whose natural tendency was so much directed to promote the peace and happiness of mankind. It makes right...