It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong.
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The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.Jeremy Bentham
The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?"
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Tyranny and anarchy are never far asunder.
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The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection.
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Every law is an infraction of liberty.
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He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or wrong, so as it be explicit. If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if wrong, as a beacon to warn.
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