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.
Utilitarianism founder
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
1789
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"The public good ought to be the object of the legislator: the utility of the public, the motive of the legislator."
Strange & Unusual"The laws are made for the people, not the people for the laws."
Humorous"The principle of utility requires that we consider the interests of all concerned, without distinction."
Humorous"Natural rights is simple nonsense: natural and imprescriptible rights, rhetorical nonsense—nonsense upon stilts."
Humorous"Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts."
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