Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure - they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection,…

Quote by Jeremy Bentham

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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,...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

Every law is an infraction of liberty.

$Every law is an infraction of liberty.$

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

Integrity can be neither lost nor concealed nor faked nor quenched nor artificially come by...

Integrity can be neither lost nor concealed nor faked nor quenched nor artificially come by...

A person educated in mind and not in morals is a menace to society

A person educated in mind and not in morals is a menace to society

Ethics is not definable, is not implementable, because it is not conscious; it involves not...

Ethics is not definable, is not implementable, because it is not conscious; it involves not...

To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to...

To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to...