It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual.

Quote by Jeremy Bentham

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Every law is an infraction of liberty.

$Every law is an infraction of liberty.$

He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it...

He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it...

The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.

The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.

No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system...

No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system...

As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it,...

As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it,...

Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular...

Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular...

It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure...

It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure...

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure -...

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure -...

It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is...

It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is...

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.

All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil.

All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil.

The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation

The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure -...

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure -...

The principle of asceticism never was, nor ever can be, consistently pursued by any living...

The principle of asceticism never was, nor ever can be, consistently pursued by any living...

The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing...

The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing...

Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at...

Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at...

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure -...

Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure -...

Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.

Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.

The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that...

The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that...

The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but rather, Can they...

The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but rather, Can they...