Jeremy Bentham quotes

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

Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do.

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

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

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 right and wrong.

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

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

Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do.

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