"The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all social progress."
—Charles Fourier (1772-1837)
“Despots prefer the friendship of the dog, who, unjustly mistreated and debased, still loves and serves the man who wronged him.”
—Charles Fourier (1772-1837)
“The method of doubt must be applied to civilization; we must doubt its necessity, its excellence, and its permanence.”
—Charles Fourier (1772-1837)
“Social progress and changes of historical period take place in proportion to the advance of women toward liberty, and social decline occurs as a result of the diminution of the liberty of women.”
—Charles Fourier (1772-1837)
“the family is a group that needs to escape from itself...”
—Charles Fourier (1772-1837)
“The peoples of civilization see their wretchedness increase in direct proportion to the advance of industry.”
—Charles Fourier (1772-1837)
“The Civilized… murder their children by producing too many of them without being able to provide for their well-being. Morality or theories of false virtue stimulate them to manufacture cannon fodder, anthills of conscripts who are forced to sell themselves out of poverty. This improvident paternity is a false virtue, the selfishness of pleasure.”
—Charles Fourier (1772-1837)