"I was forced, through seeing the error of……" — Robert Owen
"I was forced, through seeing the error of their foundation, to abandon all belief in every religion which had been taught to man. But my religious feelings were immediately replaced by the spirit of universal charity — not for a sect, or a party, or for a country or a colour — but for the human race, and with a real and ardent desire to do good."
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Robert Owen
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26 Quotes by Robert Owen
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Courts of law, and all the paraphernalia and folly of law cannot be found in a rational state of society.
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Finding that no religion is based on facts and cannot therefore be true, I began to reflect what must be…
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Never argue, repeat your assertion.
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Is it not the interest of the human race, that every one should be so taught and placed, that he…
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It is particularly recommended, as a means of uniting the inhabitants of the village into one family, that while each…
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Man is the creature of circumstances.
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Eight hours daily labour is enough for any human being, and under proper arrangements sufficient to afford an ample supply…
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The lowest stage of humanity is experienced when the individual must labour for a small pittance of wages from others.
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To train and educate the rising generation will at all times be the first object of society, to which every…
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There is but one mode by which man can possess in perpetuity all the happiness which his nature is capable…
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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…
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There are good hearts to serve men in palaces as in cottages.
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More Abandon Quotes
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If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do…
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If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for…
— Teresa of Avila
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The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation.
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When you are portraying somebody that has a very specific emotional weight, you feel like you're really starting to abandon…
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If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of…
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More and more political analysts and weak-kneed politicians are advising the historically pro-life Republican Party to abandon its pro-life stance…
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Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration,…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.
— George W. Bush
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I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign…
— David Byrne
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To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the…
— Albert Camus
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