Robert Owen Quotes

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

Robert Owen

Published as The Book of the New Moral World, in 7 volumes 1836-1844; published as one volume in 1845 - Sixth Part.

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The advantage of pure, and the disadvantage of impure air are experienced each time we breathe, and all who understand the causes of disease know that an impure atmosphere is most unfavourable to the...

Robert Owen

Published as The Book of the New Moral World, in 7 volumes 1836-1844; published as one volume in 1845 - 3rd Part.

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Where are these rational practices to be taught and acquired? Not within the four walls of a bare building, in which formality predominates... But in the nursery, play-ground, fields, gardens,...

Robert Owen

Published as The Book of the New Moral World, in 7 volumes 1836-1844; published as one volume in 1845 - 3rd Part.

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It is the interest of the individual and of all society, that he should be made, at the earliest period, to understand his own construction, the proper use of its parts, and how to keep them at all...

Robert Owen

Published as The Book of the New Moral World, in 7 volumes 1836-1844; published as one volume in 1845 - 3rd Part.

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To preserve permanent good health, the state of mind must be taken into consideration.

Robert Owen

Published as The Book of the New Moral World, in 7 volumes 1836-1844; published as one volume in 1845 - 3rd Part.

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The advanced members of the medical profession know that the health of society is not to be obtained or maintained by medicines; - that it is far better, far more easy and far wiser, to adopt...

Robert Owen

Published as The Book of the New Moral World, in 7 volumes 1836-1844; published as one volume in 1845 - 3rd Part.

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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.

Robert Owen

The Social System - Constitution, Laws, and Regulations of a Community - 1826, Written in 1821, published in 1826.

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In advanced age, and in cases of disability from accident, natural infirmity or any other cause, the individual shall be supported by the colony, and receive every comfort which kindness can...

Robert Owen

The Social System - Constitution, Laws, and Regulations of a Community - 1826, Written in 1821, published in 1826.

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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 is by the union and co-operation of all for the benefit of each. Union...

Robert Owen

The Social System - Constitution, Laws, and Regulations of a Community - 1826, Written in 1821, published in 1826.

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Believe me, my friends, you are yet very deficient with regard to the best modes of training your children, or of arranging your domestic concerns.

Robert Owen

"Address to the Inhabitants of New Lanark" at the opening of the Institute for the Formation of Character - 1 January, 1816.

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