Jeremy Bentham Quotes

Jeremy Bentham (16)

Birth:	15th February, 1748
Death:	6th June, 1832
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Jurist, Philosopher, Reformer

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

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• Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.

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

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• The question is not, “Can they reason?” nor, “Can they talk?” but rather, “Can they suffer?”

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• The principle of asceticism never was, nor ever can be, consistently pursued by any living creature. Let but one tenth part of the inhabitants of the earth pursue it consistently, and in a day’s time they will have turned it into a Hell.

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

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

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

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

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

   

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

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

   

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

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• Every law is an infraction of liberty.

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• As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends.

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

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