Quotes by : Jeremy Bentham

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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