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Jeremy Bentham Quotes

«Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet»
Author: Jeremy Bentham (Activist, Philosopher) | Keywords: stretching, The Flowers
«It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong.»
Author: Jeremy Bentham (Activist, Philosopher)
«The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation»
Author: Jeremy Bentham (Activist, Philosopher) | About: Ethics, Happiness | Keywords: legislation, morals, The Foundation
«As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends.»
Author: Jeremy Bentham (Activist, Philosopher) | Keywords: censorship
«The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law»
Author: Jeremy Bentham (Activist, Philosopher) | Keywords: lawyer, The Law, uncertainties, uncertainty
«Tyranny and anarchy are never far asunder»
Author: Jeremy Bentham (Activist, Philosopher) | Keywords: anarchy, asunder
«Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.»
Author: Jeremy Bentham (Activist, Philosopher) | About: Ignorance, Law and lawyers | Keywords: ignorance of the law, punished
«It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual»
Author: Jeremy Bentham (Activist, Philosopher) | About: Community, Individuality | Keywords: talk of
«Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure - they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm»
Author: Jeremy Bentham (Activist, Philosopher) | About: Effort, Government, Mankind, Nature, Pain, Pleasure | Keywords: confirm, demonstrate, pain and pleasure, sovereign, subjection, throw off
«Every law is an infraction of liberty.»
Author: Jeremy Bentham (Activist, Philosopher) | About: Justice | Keywords: infraction
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