Jeremy bentham
As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends.
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No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion.
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It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual.
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The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.
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Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet.
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Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.
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It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong.
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All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil.
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He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or wrong, so as it be explicit. If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if...
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The question is not, 'Can they reason?' nor, 'Can they talk?' but rather, 'Can they suffer?'
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