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Browse 87 Jeremy Bentham quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jeremy-bentham-48885.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jeremy Bentham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jeremy-bentham-48885.jpg) # Jeremy Bentham (1749–1832) Philosopher Kingdom of Great Britain **87** quotes in **421** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jeremy Bentham was a philosopher from the Kingdom of Great Britain, best known for *Traités de législation civile et pénale*. ## Quick Facts About Jeremy Bentham Born February 15, 1749 Died June 6, 1832 Nationality Kingdom of Great Britain Profession Philosopher Notable works Traités de législation civile et pénale ## About Jeremy Bentham Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism. ## Quotes by Jeremy Bentham · Page 3 > [Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-bentham/create-all-the-happiness-you-are-able-to-create-remove-all-the-misery-3/) [Jeremy Bentham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-bentham/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/jeremy-bentham-7785_able_create-all-the-happiness-you-are-able-to_2427158.jpg) > [“Those which can be experienced in the present life, can of course, be no others than such as human nature in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-bentham/those-which-can-be-experienced-in-the-present-life-can-of-course-be/) [Jeremy Bentham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-bentham/) [Human nature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/human-nature/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f0/jeremy-bentham-7785_human-nature_those-which-can-be-experienced-in-the-pr_1398921.jpg) > [A civilized society must count animals as worthy of moral consideration and ethical treatment. The question is not, Can they reason? nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-bentham/a-civilized-society-must-count-animals-as-worthy-of-moral/) [Jeremy Bentham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-bentham/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/jeremy-bentham-7785_animal_a-civilized-society-must-count-animals-a_2018569.jpg) > [“Hence we see the emptiness of all those rhapsodies of commonplace morality, which consist in the taking of such names as lust,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-bentham/hence-we-see-the-emptiness-of-all-those-rhapsodies-of-commonplace/) [Jeremy Bentham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-bentham/) [Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c17/jeremy-bentham-7785_character_hence-we-see-the-emptiness-of-all-those_2768635.jpg) > [Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-bentham/nature-has-placed-mankind-under-the-governance-of-two-sovereign/) [Jeremy Bentham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-bentham/) [Alone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e07/jeremy-bentham-7785_alone_nature-has-placed-mankind-under-the-gove_599921.jpg) > [Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-bentham/create-all-the-happiness-you-are-able-to-create-remove-all-the-misery-2/) [Jeremy Bentham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-bentham/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/jeremy-bentham-7785_able_create-all-the-happiness-you-are-able-to_1218699.jpg) > [“. . . in no instance has a system in regard to religion been ever established, but for the purpose, as well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-bentham/in-no-instance-has-a-system-in-regard-to-religion-been-ever/) [Jeremy Bentham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-bentham/) [Corruption](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/corruption/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/943/jeremy-bentham-7785_corruption_in-no-instance-has-a-system-in-regard-to_2891477.jpg) ## Jeremy Bentham by topic [Politics (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politics/jeremy-bentham/) [Happiness (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happiness/jeremy-bentham/) [Government (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/government/jeremy-bentham/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-bentham/#itemlist", "name": "Jeremy Bentham Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeremy Bentham" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-bentham/create-all-the-happiness-you-are-able-to-create-remove-all-the-misery-3/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/jeremy-bentham-7785_able_create-all-the-happiness-you-are-able-to_2427158.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/jeremy-bentham-7785_able_create-all-the-happiness-you-are-able-to_2427158.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/jeremy-bentham-7785_able_create-all-the-happiness-you-are-able-to_2427158.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove.” — Jeremy Bentham", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Those which can be experienced in the present life, can of course, be no others than such as human nature in the course of the present life is susceptible of: and from each of these sources may flow all the pleasures or pains of which, in the course of the present life, human nature is susceptible.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeremy Bentham" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-bentham/those-which-can-be-experienced-in-the-present-life-can-of-course-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f0/jeremy-bentham-7785_human-nature_those-which-can-be-experienced-in-the-pr_1398921.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f0/jeremy-bentham-7785_human-nature_those-which-can-be-experienced-in-the-pr_1398921.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f0/jeremy-bentham-7785_human-nature_those-which-can-be-experienced-in-the-pr_1398921.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Those which can be experienced in the present life, can of course, be no others than such as human nature in…” — Jeremy Bentham", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A civilized society must count animals as worthy of moral consideration and ethical treatment. 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