"We may look through ancient and modern history,……" — Robert Owen
"We may look through ancient and modern history, yet scarce find a sovereign to whom God offered the privilege of bestowing on humanity a boon so vast."
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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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I was forced, through seeing the error of their foundation, to abandon all belief in every religion which had been…
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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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