Henry Sidgwick

"I may begin by laying down as a principle that ‘all pain of human or rational beings is to be avoided’; and then afterwards may be led to enunciate the wider rule that ‘all pain is to be avoided’; it …"

"Now, I agree with Mill in holding that the scientific study of the structures and functions of the different governments that have actually existed in human societies cannot well be pursued in complet…"

"The good of any one individual is of no more importance, from the point of view of the Universe, than the good of any other; unless, that is, there are special grounds for believing that more good is …"

"For philosophy and history alike have taught...to seek not what is "safe," but what is true."

"Henry Sidgwick, biographical profile, including quotes and further resources in Introduction to Utilitarianism: An Online Textbook"