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"Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished." — Jeremy Bentham
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"Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure - they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm" — Jeremy Bentham
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"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
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"The schoolmaster is abroad! And I trust to him armed with his primer against the soldier in full military array." — Jeremy Bentham
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"It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong." — Jeremy Bentham
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"Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet" — Jeremy Bentham
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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" — Jeremy Bentham
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"The solar industry needs stable markets. With fair and good incentives we can have solar power competitive in ten year's time." — Jeremy Bentham
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"Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government." — Jeremy Bentham
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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." — Jeremy Bentham
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"It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual." — Jeremy Bentham
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"Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet." — Jeremy Bentham
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"The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection." — Jeremy Bentham
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"The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation." — Jeremy Bentham
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"The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law." — Jeremy Bentham
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"We are not constrained by capital, but by opportunities as we grow," — Jeremy Bentham
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"The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation" — Jeremy Bentham
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"The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law" — Jeremy Bentham
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"The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?"" — Jeremy Bentham
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"Tyranny and anarchy are never far asunder" — Jeremy Bentham
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"It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual" — Jeremy Bentham
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