The greatest good to the greatest number is the object to be attained.
First Inaugural Address of Ulysses S. Grant · 1869
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It is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.
A Fragment on Government · 1776
That action is best, which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers.
An Inquiry into the Original of our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue · 1725
Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison · 1841