Jeremy Bentham Quotes

In the mind of all, fiction, in the logical sense, has been the coin of necessity;—in that of poets ...

Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is fo...

Without publicity, no good is permanent; under the auspices of publicity, no evil can continue.

...the rarest of all human qualities is consistency.

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

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

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

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

Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every...

It is the greatest good to the greatest number which is the measure of right and wrong.

Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is fo...

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

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

. . . in no instance has a system in regard to religion been ever established, but for the purpose, ...

If a man happen to take it into his head to assassinate with his own hands, or with the sword of jus...

Bodies are real entities. Surfaces and lines are but fictitious entities. A surface without depth, a...

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

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

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

Happiness is a very pretty thing to feel, but very dry to talk about.