Quote by Jérémie Bentham
"The proper subject of legislation is to create happiness for all; the proper object is to prevent misery."
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."