Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet.
From Jeremy Bentham
The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.
It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong.
The question is not, 'Can they reason?' nor, 'Can they talk?' but rather, 'Can they suffer?'
Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.
The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.
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.
The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.
Every law is an infraction of liberty.
Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.
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