Quote by Jeremy Bentham
Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not p

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

Other quotes by 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

Category:
Religion
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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

Category:
Poverty
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Other Quotes from
legal
category

In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal profession. I read about Lincoln and that he believed the law to be the most difficult of professions. – Constance Baker Motley

Category:
legal

The effort to blur the lines between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib reflects a deep misunderstanding about the different legal regimes that apply to Iraq and the war against al Qaeda. – John Yoo

Category:
legal

Im afraid I talk a lot, too much, perhaps. I should have been a lawyer or a college professor or a windy politician, though Im glad I am not any of these. – Tom Glazer

Category:
legal

Farming with live animals is a 7 day a week, legal form of slavery. – George Segal

Category:
legal

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Im a scientist, not a theologian. I dont know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. – James Lovelock

Category:
Religion

…gorgeous bright blue sky with some cloudacious beautiness on the fringe… – Terri Guillemets, “Out the Upper Window,” 2009

Category:
Sky & Clouds

Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave. – Quentin Crisp

Category:
funny

I think leadership is service and there is power in that giving: to help people, to inspire and motivate them to reach their fullest potential. – Denise Morrison

Category:
Leadership