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The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?"
Jeremy Bentham



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Author Profession: Philosopher
Nationality: English
Born: February 15, 1748
Died: June 6, 1832

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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

It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong.
Jeremy Bentham

It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual.
Jeremy Bentham

The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.
Jeremy Bentham

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.
Jeremy Bentham

The principle of asceticism never was, nor ever can be, consistently pursued by any living creature. Let but one tenth part of the inhabitants of the earth pursue it consistently, and in a day's time they will have turned it into a Hell.
Jeremy Bentham

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Words
Nor, Question, Rather, Reason, Suffer, Talk
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Nor, Question, Rather, Reason, Suffer, Talk
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