Henri de Saint-Simon quotes

I have divided [the different sections of mankind] into three classes. The first, to which you and I have the honour to belong, marches under the banner of the progress of the human mind. It is composed of scientists, artists and all those who hold liberal ideas. On the banner of the second is written 'No innovation!' All proprietors who do not belong in the first category are part of the second. The third class, which rallies round the slogan of 'Equality' is made up of the rest of the people. (Henri de Saint-Simon)
We regard society as the ensemble and union of men engaged in useful work. We can conceive of no other kind of society. View quote
Henri 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. View quote
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The whole of society rests upon industry. View quote
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Politics is the science of production. View quote
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Today, for the first time since the existence of societies it is a question of organizing a totally new system; of replacing the celestial with the terrestrial, the vague by the positive, and the poetic by the real. View quote
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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. View quote
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The progress of the human mind, the revolutions which occur in the development of knowledge, give each century its special character. View quote
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Since governmental activity may be deemed a service which is useful to society, society should consent to pay for this service. View quote
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