Quote by Jérémie Bentham
"As to the evil of crime itself, all the evil of punishment is less than the evil which it prevents."
More from Jérémie Bentham
"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, pleasure and pain."
"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."