"The working classes may be injuriously degraded and oppressed in three ways:1st - When they are neglected in infancy2nd - When they are overworked by their employer, and are thus rendered incompetent from ignorance to make a good use of high wages when they can procure them.3rd - When they are paid low wages for their labour"

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Source : "Two Memorials on Behalf of the Working Classes". Book by Robert Owen, 1818.

Robert Owen

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“I wish sometimes that the gods would either choose better, or make their wishes clearer”
“New situations inspire new thoughts. Here is the benefit of travelling, much more than in mere sight-seeing. We lose ourselves in the streets of our own city, and go abroad to find ourselves.”
“When an aggressor force continually launches attacks from a particular base of operations, it is sound military strategy to take the flight to the enemy.”
“Tired, tired with nothing, tired with everything, tired with the worldâ€™s weight he had never chosen to bear.”
“Hosts of merchants encumber the cities, and the streets are cluttered with solicitors who swarm without limit or purpose.”
“There is no fear without some hope, and no hope without some fear.”
“The spirit of dance is an amazing thing. When the body and the spirit meet, it's a good thing.”

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“I was a commodity, like a hot dog. It was like hot dogs and Betty Hutton.”

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