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Jeremy Bentham

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Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism.

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The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.

No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion.

The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.

The age we live in is a busy age in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection.

The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.

The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.

Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.

The age we live in is a busy age in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection.