"The human race is divided into two classes, those who go ahead and do something, and those who sit still and inquire why it was not done the other way."

"The power of the state ought to be limited to the prevention of mischief."

"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 …"

"It is not the business of government to make men virtuous, but to make them safe."

"The object of government is the happiness of the governed."