All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil. |
As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends. |
Every law is an infraction of liberty. |
Every law is an infraction of liberty. |
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. |
It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong. |
It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual |
It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual |
It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual |
Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished. |
Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure - they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm |
Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure - they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm |
No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion |
Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government. |
Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet |