93 Quotes by 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.