The law of England has established trial by judge and jury in the conviction that it is the mode best calculated to… — Jeremy Bentham Conviction Copy Share Image
Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short… — Jeremy Bentham Ends Copy Share Image
O Logic: born gatekeeper to the Temple of Science, victim of capricious destiny: doomed hitherto to be the drudge of pedants: come… — Jeremy Bentham Aids Copy Share Image
Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet. — Jeremy Bentham Feet Copy Share Image
The principle of asceticism never was, nor ever can be, consistently pursued by any living creature. Let but one tenth part of… — Jeremy Bentham Consistently Copy Share Image
In the mind of all, fiction, in the logical sense, has been the coin of necessity;—in that of poets of amusement—in that… — Jeremy Bentham Ambition Copy Share Image
The turn of a sentence has decided the fate of many a friendship, and, for aught that we know, the fate of… — Jeremy Bentham Decided Copy Share Image
“For the same sentiment of antipathy, if implicitly deferred to, may be, and very frequently is, productive of the very worst effects.… — Jeremy Bentham Copy Share Image
If Christianity needed an Anti-Christ, they needed look no farther than Paul. — Jeremy Bentham Anti christ Copy Share Image
Without publicity, no good is permanent; under the auspices of publicity, no evil can continue. — Jeremy Bentham Evil Copy Share Image
All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil. — Jeremy Bentham Crime Copy Share Image
Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out… — Jeremy Bentham Alone Copy Share Image
How is property given? By restraining liberty; that is, by taking it away so far as necessary for the purpose. How is… — Jeremy Bentham Entering Copy Share Image
Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we do, in… — Jeremy Bentham Government Copy Share Image
The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong. — Jeremy Bentham Happiness Copy Share Image
Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government. — Jeremy Bentham Conspiracy Copy Share Image
It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual — Jeremy Bentham Community Copy Share Image
The spirit of dogmatic theology poisons anything it touches. — Jeremy Bentham Atheism Copy Share Image
As to the evil which results from censorship, it is impossible to measure it, because it is impossible to tell where it… — Jeremy Bentham Censorship Copy Share Image
Create all the happiness you are able to create: remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow… — Jeremy Bentham Able Copy Share Image
