Quote by Bentham, Jeremy
"A good government ought to protect its citizens from the consequences of their own foolishness and shortsightedness."
More from Bentham, Jeremy
"It is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong."
"Nature has placed mankind under two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure."
"The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?"
"All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil."