Jeremy Bentham – 7 Quotes

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7 Quotes by Jeremy Bentham

 

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

– Jeremy Bentham


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

– Jeremy Bentham


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

– Jeremy Bentham


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

– Jeremy Bentham


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

– Jeremy Bentham


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

– Jeremy Bentham


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

– Jeremy Bentham