In the old system Society is governed essentially by men; in the new it is governed only by principles - Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon

The philosopher places himself at the summit of thought; from there he views what the world has been and what it must become. He is not just an observer, he is an actor; he is an actor of the highest kind in a moral world because it is his opinion of what the world must become that regulates society.

No man has a right to free himself from the law of labour

True equality consists in each drawing benefits from society in exact proportion to his social outlay, that is to his real capacity, to the beneficent use he makes of his abilities. And this equality is the natural foundation of industrial society.