Jeremy Bentham

The liberty of the press is the palladium of all the civil, political, and religious rights of man.

Without publicity, all other checks on power are insufficient: such as the press, the people, etc.

It is vain to expect any advantage from our profession, if we do not labor at it.

The day will come when the sense of pleasure and pain will be the only criterion of good and evil.

Every chain is made of links; every link is a law.

Hunger is not an object of legitimate legislation.

The panopticon is a new mode of obtaining power of mind over mind in a quantity hitherto without example.

My idea of happiness is a quiet life with books and friends.

Revolutions are the last resort of the oppressed.

The true measure of a man's success is the happiness he brings to others.

In principle and in conscience, no man ought to be punished but for an offence committed against the laws.

Fraud and deception are the weapons of the weak.

The progress of society depends on the progress of individuals.

I was born with a love of liberty.

Codification is the art of making the laws intelligible to those who are not lawyers.

The greatest danger to liberty is the possession of power without responsibility.

Pleasure is the only good, pain the only evil.

A full belly is little worth while it is not filled with good will.

The art of life is to expect the unexpected.

Legislation is a noble science.