Jeremy Bentham

"The private citizen has everything to fear from the man in power, and nothing to hope."

"Criticism is the respect we pay to a man by discussing his ideas seriously."

"A man may be said to be ignorant in two sorts of ways: first, he may have no idea of a thing; secondly, he may have a false idea."

"All impulses are good; it is only their indulgence that can be bad."

"The way to rise in the world is to make people believe in your sincerity."

"Truth is the property of a proposition when it corresponds with reality."

"Man is not born rational; he becomes rational by culture and education."

"Every man is, under the law, equal; but some are more equal than others."

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

"The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is the business of everybody."

"The function of art is to beautify the daily life of ordinary people."

"Secrecy is an instrument of conspiracy; publicity is a security for freedom."

"Monarchy is a system by which a nation is governed by a single person."

"All law is coercion; it is force applied in the name of society."

"The general tendency of all laws hitherto has been to increase the happiness of the community."

"Suffering is the only thing in the world which itself demands remedy."

"Religion teaches the art of being satisfied with poverty."

"Wars are productive of false hopes and vain expectations."

"The interest of the community is the sum total of the interests of the several members."

"All energy comes from pleasure and pain, the pursuit and avoidance of them."

"To understand government, one must understand human nature first."

"Imagine all the pleasure you could enjoy and subtract the pain; the remainder is happiness."

"The more you know, the more you realize how little you know."

"Property is a fiction; it is merely the expectation of benefit."

"A person's greatest enemy is often their own desires."

"The measure of a man's greatness is what he does with power."

"Fear is the passion least favorable to happiness."

"History is the record of what governments have done to mankind."

"The art of legislation is the art of creating happiness."

"Diversity in opinion is necessary for the advancement of truth."