Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished. – 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 said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong. – Jeremy Bentham
Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations in Mexico and elsewhere that earn billions of dollars annually from this illicit trade – and who would rapidly lose their competitive advantage if marijuana were a legal commodity. – George Soros