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Jeremy Bentham Quotes
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Type: Philosopher Quotes Category: English Philosopher Quotes Date of Birth: February 15, 1748 Date of Death: June 6, 1832 Nationality: English Find on Amazon: Jeremy Bentham Related Authors: Francis Bacon John Stuart Mill John Locke Thomas Hobbes Herbert Spencer Alan Watts William Ames |
All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil.
Jeremy Bentham 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 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 It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong. Jeremy Bentham It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual. Jeremy Bentham Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished. Jeremy Bentham 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 Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government. Jeremy Bentham Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet. Jeremy Bentham The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection. Jeremy Bentham The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation. Jeremy Bentham The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law. Jeremy Bentham 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 The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?" Jeremy Bentham The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong. Jeremy Bentham The solar industry needs stable markets. With fair and good incentives we can have solar power competitive in ten year's time. Jeremy Bentham Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart. Jeremy Bentham |
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