In the mind of all, fiction, in the logical sense, has been the coin of necessity;โin that of poets of amusementโin that of the priest and the lawyer of mischievous immorality in the shape of mischievous ambition,โand too often both priest and lawyer have framed or made in part this instrument.
Jeremy BenthamHe 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 BenthamIs it possible for a man to move the earth? Yes; but he must first find out another earth to stand upon.
Jeremy BenthamLawsuits generally originate with the obstinate and the ignorant, but they do not end with them; and that lawyer was right who left all his money to the support of an asylum for fools and lunatics, saying that from such he got it, and to such he would bequeath it.
Jeremy Bentham