"Every law is an evil, for every law is an infraction of liberty."

"The only good reason for making a law is that it will do more good than harm."

"The game of push-pin is of equal value with the arts and sciences of music and poetry. If the game of push-pin furnish more pleasure, it is more valuable than either."

"Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do. On the one …"

"The principle of utility is capable of neither proof nor disproof."