Attention Quote by Robert Owen

“Since the introduction of inanimate mechanism into British manufactories, man, with few exceptions, has been treated as a secondary and inferior machine; and far more attention has been given to perfect the raw materials of wood and metals than those of body and mind.”

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Eight hours daily labour is enough for any human being, and under proper arrangements sufficient to afford an ample supply of food, raiment and…

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We may look through ancient and modern history, yet scarce find a sovereign to whom God offered the privilege of bestowing on humanity a…

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You may depend upon it that they are as good hearts to serve men in palaces as in cottages.

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There is but one mode by which man can possess in perpetuity all the happiness which his nature is capable of enjoying, — that…

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Never argue, repeat your assertion.

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“All the world is queer save thee and me, and even thou art a little queer.”

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God and the Doctor we alike adore But only when in danger, not before; The danger o'er, both are alike requited, God is forgotten,…

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Chastity is sexual intercourse with affection.

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To train and educate the rising generation will at all times be the first object of society, to which every other will be subordinate.

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Women will be no longer made the slaves of, or dependent upon men...They will be equal in education, rights, privileges and personal liberty.

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Society may be formed so as to exist without crime, without poverty, with health greatly improved, with little, if any misery, and with intelligence…

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Finding that no religion was based upon facts, but that all of them were in opposition to facts, and could not therefore be true,…

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