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

Quote by Jeremy Bentham

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Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.

Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Every law is an infraction of liberty.

$Every law is an infraction of liberty.$

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 people are the best guardians of their own rights and it is the duty...

The people are the best guardians of their own rights and it is the duty...

The ideas of a time are like the clothes of a season: they are as...

The ideas of a time are like the clothes of a season: they are as...