Robert Owen

"I believe that contradiction between capital and labor can be reconciled through justice."

"The human race is capable of perfection if it will but organize itself rationally."

"Every system of education should aim at the formation of character first."

"I have shown that self-interest rightly understood coincides with the common good."

"The institution of private property, as currently constituted, is a monument to human ignorance."

"Cooperation without equality is merely a disguised form of tyranny."

"I reject the notion that poverty ennobles the soul."

"The happiness of each individual is inseparable from the happiness of all."

"I have spent my life proving that benevolence is good business."

"The mind of man is susceptible to infinite improvement through proper means."

"Society will advance only when we recognize that we are all interdependent."

"The poor need not charity; they need justice and opportunity."

"I have attempted the greatest experiment: to create a rational society."

"True wealth consists in the well-development of human faculties."

"The establishment of cooperative communities is the path to universal improvement."

"I believe that the principles I advocate will ultimately prevail."

"The character formed by circumstances can be reformed by changing those circumstances."

"I have devoted my life to the demonstration of universal benevolence."

"The rational organization of labor is the key to human liberation."

"I see in education the greatest power ever entrusted to humanity."

"The pursuit of private gain at the expense of public good is the root of all evil."

"I have shown that improved conditions lead to improved character."

"The strength of a people lies in their unity and cooperation."

"True progress requires us to question everything we have been taught."

"I believe that man can be made happy through the proper application of reason."

"The time has come for society to be reconstructed on principles of justice."

"I have attempted to lay the foundation for a new science of society."

"The poor are poor not because of their faults but because of societal faults."

"I reject the notion that competition is the natural state of human relations."

"The happiness of mankind is the proper object of all social organization."