No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion.
Meaning of the quote
The government should not try to make people believe in any particular religion or religious ideas. People should be free to choose their own religious beliefs without the government trying to influence or control what they believe about religion.
About Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer who is considered the founder of modern utilitarianism. He advocated for individual freedoms, the separation of church and state, and equal rights for women, while also being an early proponent of animal rights and the abolition of slavery and capital punishment.
More quotes from Jeremy Bentham
No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion.
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748-1832)
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British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748-1832)
The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748-1832)
Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet.
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748-1832)
The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection.
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748-1832)
It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong.
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748-1832)
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.
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748-1832)
The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748-1832)
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.
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748-1832)
The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748-1832)
Every law is an infraction of liberty.
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748-1832)
The question is not, “Can they reason?” nor, “Can they talk?” but rather, “Can they suffer?”
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748-1832)
It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual.
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748-1832)
All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil.
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748-1832)
Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748-1832)
Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748-1832)
Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.
British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748-1832)