Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart. – Jeremy Bentham
Every law is an infraction of liberty. – Jeremy Bentham
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 days time they will have turned it into a Hell. – 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
The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law. – Jeremy Bentham
Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished. – 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
Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government. – Jeremy Bentham
The age we live in is a busy age in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection. – Jeremy Bentham
