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Jeremy Bentham quotes: Publicity is the very soul of justice. It is the keenest spur to exertion, and the surest of all guards against improbity.

Publicity is the very soul of justice. It is the keenest spur to exertion, and the surest of all guards against improbity.

Jeremy Bentham quotes: Nonsense on stilts

Nonsense on stilts

Jeremy Bentham quotes: The request of industry to government is as modest as that of Diogenes to Alexander: Get out of my light.

The request of industry to government is as modest as that of Diogenes to Alexander: Get out of my light.

Jeremy Bentham quotes: I don't care whether animals are capable of thinking; all I care about is that they are capable of suffering!

I don't care whether animals are capable of thinking; all I care about is that they are capable of suffering!

Jeremy Bentham quotes: The question is not can animals speak but can they suffer.

The question is not can animals speak but can they suffer.

Jeremy Bentham quotes: All poetry is misrepresentation.

All poetry is misrepresentation.

Jeremy Bentham quotes: The quantity of pleasure being equal, push-pin is as good as poetry.

The quantity of pleasure being equal, push-pin is as good as poetry.

Jeremy Bentham quotes: Pleasure is in itself a good; nay, even setting aside immunity from pain, the only good.

Pleasure is in itself a good; nay, even setting aside immunity from pain, the only good.

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

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

Jeremy Bentham quotes: Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it.

Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it.

Jeremy Bentham quotes: Happiness is a very pretty thing to feel, but very dry to talk about.

Happiness is a very pretty thing to feel, but very dry to talk about.

Jeremy Bentham quotes: The law of England has established trial by judge and jury in the conviction that it is the mode best calculated to ascertain the truth.

The law of England has established trial by judge and jury in the conviction that it is the mode best calculated to ascertain the truth.

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

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

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

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

$Jeremy Bentham quotes: Every law is an infraction of liberty.$ Every law is an infraction of liberty.

Jeremy Bentham quotes: Reputation is the road to power

Reputation is the road to power

Jeremy Bentham quotes: The turn of a sentence has decided the fate of many a friendship, and, for aught that we know, the fate of many a kingdom.

The turn of a sentence has decided the fate of many a friendship, and, for aught that we know, the fate of many a kingdom.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jeremy Bentham quotes: Those physical difficulties which you cannot account for, be very slow to arraign; for he that would be wiser than Nature would be wiser than God.

Those physical difficulties which you cannot account for, be very slow to arraign; for he that would be wiser than Nature would be wiser than God.

Jeremy Bentham quotes: Lawyers sometimes tell the truth. They'll do anything to win a case.

Lawyers sometimes tell the truth. They'll do anything to win a case.

Jeremy Bentham quotes: There is no pestilence in a state like a zeal for religion, independent of morality.

There is no pestilence in a state like a zeal for religion, independent of morality.

Jeremy Bentham quotes: All government is a trust. Every branch of government is a trust, and immemorially acknowledged to be so.

All government is a trust. Every branch of government is a trust, and immemorially acknowledged to be so.

Jeremy Bentham quotes: If Christianity needed an Anti-Christ, they needed look no farther than Paul.

If Christianity needed an Anti-Christ, they needed look no farther than Paul.

Jeremy Bentham quotes: The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but "Can they suffer?

The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but "Can they suffer?

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

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

Jeremy Bentham quotes: Natural rights is simple nonsense: natural and imprescriptible rights, rhetorical nonsense - nonsense upon stilts.

Natural rights is simple nonsense: natural and imprescriptible rights, rhetorical nonsense - nonsense upon stilts.

Jeremy Bentham quotes: The rarest of all human qualities is consistency.

The rarest of all human qualities is consistency.

Jeremy Bentham quotes: Unkind language is sure to produce the fruits of unkindnessthat is, suffering in the bosom of others.

Unkind language is sure to produce the fruits of unkindness
that is, suffering in the bosom of others.

Jeremy Bentham quotes: Right ... is the child of law.

Right ... is the child of law.

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

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

Jeremy Bentham quotes: Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.

Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.

Jeremy Bentham quotes: The addability of the happiness of different subjects is a postulum without which all political reasonings are at a stand

The addability of the happiness of different subjects is a postulum without which all political reasonings are at a stand

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

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

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

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 quotes: Is it possible for a man to move the earth? Yes; but he must first find out another earth to stand upon.

Is it possible for a man to move the earth? Yes; but he must first find out another earth to stand upon.

Jeremy Bentham quotes: 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.

Jeremy Bentham quotes: The spirit of dogmatic theology poisons anything it touches.

The spirit of dogmatic theology poisons anything it touches.

Jeremy Bentham quotes: Without publicity, no good is permanent; under the auspices of publicity, no evil can continue.

Without publicity, no good is permanent; under the auspices of publicity, no evil can continue.

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

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