Abstract
This text is the analysis of an extract from the book On Patriotism, written between 1730 and 1754 by John Bolingbroke. Bolingbroke was a politician and thinker: he participated to the political life in Britain and was particularly MP in the Tories' party, Secretary of State and Minister of Foreign Affairs. In this text, he presents his opinion about the excellence of the English institutions. The text is parted into 5 different points: "Impossibility of Universal Empire", "A dissertation on parties", "On the spirit of Patriotism", "The idea of a Patriot King", "A national religion". We can already see through those titles that the main objective of this text is to talk about patriotism and national identity.
