10 Quotes By Jeremy Bentham


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

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

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

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

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

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

The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.
Jeremy Bentham on power

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 on religion

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

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