Jeremy Bentham Quotes

Reputation is the road to power.

reputation

Every law is an infraction of liberty.

freedom

The question is not, can they reason?  Nor, can they talk?  But, can they suffer?

animals

Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.

pleasure and pain

Secrecy is an instrument of conspiracy; it ought not, therefore, to be a system of a regular government.

secrets government

The infirmity of human nature renders all plans precarious in the execution in proportion as they are extensive in design.

planning

As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, because it is impossible to tell where it ends.

censorship