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It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong. ↗

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The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms. ↗

— Albert Einstein

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If we glance at the most important revolutions in history, we see at once that the greatest number of these originated in the periodical revolutions on the human mind. ↗

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

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The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong. ↗

— Jeremy Bentham

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And what is the greatest number? Number one. ↗

— David Hume

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But on a utilitarian level, I realize that to try to accomplish the greatest good for the greatest number of people, sometimes we have to become salesmen for what we believe, and part of being a salesman is being effective. ↗

— Moby

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The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number. ↗

— William Dean Howells

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He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the greatest number of the greatest ideas. ↗

— John Ruskin

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That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings. ↗

— John Ruskin

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The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people. ↗