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Jeremy Bentham
English
Philosopher
Born:
Feb 15
,
1748
Died:
Jun 6
,
1832
Evil
Government
Greatest Number
Measure
Never
Wrong
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Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.
Jeremy Bentham
Ignorance
Legal
Law
Punished
Only
Lawyers
Persons
Whom
The question is not, 'Can they reason?' nor, 'Can they talk?' but rather, 'Can they suffer?'
Jeremy Bentham
Rather
Talk
Nor
Question
Reason
Suffer
It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong.
Jeremy Bentham
Good
People
Wrong
Greatest
Greatest Number
Which
Measure
Right
Right And Wrong
Number
Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.
Jeremy Bentham
Government
Conspiracy
Ought
Secrecy
System
Never
Instrument
Being
Regular
As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends.
Jeremy Bentham
Impossible
Censorship
Evil
Tell
Results
Ends
Where
Which
Measure
Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet.
Jeremy Bentham
Man
Stars
Stretching
Too
Feet
Reach
His
Hand
Up
Forgets
Often
Flowers
The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.
Jeremy Bentham
Happiness
Morals
Greatest
Greatest Happiness
Greatest Number
Legislation
Foundation
Number
Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.
Jeremy Bentham
Tyranny
Anarchy
Never
Apart
Far
Every law is an infraction of liberty.
Jeremy Bentham
Liberty
Law
Every
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