The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection. Jeremy Bentham Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 day’s time they will have turned it into a Hell. Jeremy Bentham Read Quote
Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government. Jeremy Bentham Read Quote
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 wrong, as a beacon to warn. Jeremy Bentham Read Quote
It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual. Jeremy Bentham Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet. Jeremy Bentham Read Quote