Jeremy Bentham Quotes

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

Power, Law, Lawyer

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

Legal, Ignorance, Law

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

Stars, Often, Hand

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

Happiness, Truth, Greatest

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

Government, System, Conspiracy

The question is not, 'Can they reason?' nor, 'Can they talk?' but rather, 'Can they suffer?'
Jeremy Bentham

Talk, Reason, Rather

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

Evil, Punishment, Mischief

Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.
Jeremy Bentham

Far, Tyranny, Anarchy

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

Talk, Individual, Community

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.
Jeremy Bentham

Time, Living, Hell

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

Good, Greatest, Wrong

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

Evil, Impossible, Tell

Every law is an infraction of liberty.
Jeremy Bentham

He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or wrong, so as it be explicit. If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if wrong, as a beacon to warn.
Jeremy Bentham

Wrong, Matter, Himself

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

Happiness, Greatest, Number

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

Religion, Power, Government

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

Age, Knowledge, Live

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Philosopher

Born: February 15, 1748

Died: June 6, 1832

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