True equality consists in each drawing benefits from society in exact proportion to his social outlay, that is to his real capacity, to the beneficen… - Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon

Equality is the natural foundation of industrial society

After a violent convulsion Europe fears fresh disasters, and feel the end for a long repose; the sovereigns of all the European nations are assembled to give her peace. All of them seem to desire peace, all are famed for their wisdom, yet they will not reach their goal. I have asked myself why all the efforts of the statesmen are powerless against the evils which afflict Europe, and I have perceived that there is no salvation for Europe except through a general reorganization. I have thought out a plan of reorganization: the explanation of this plan is the subject of this work.

Politics is the science of production.

In the old system Society is governed essentially by men; in the new it is governed only by principles