The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual.

- Edward Bellamy

Equal wealth and equal opportunities of culture have simply made us all members of one class.

- Edward Bellamy

Is a man satisfied, merely because he is perfumed himself, to mingle with a malodorous crowd?

- Edward Bellamy

Looking Backward was written in the belief that the Golden Age lies before us and not behind us.

- Edward Bellamy

No republic can long exist unless a substantial equality in the wealth of citizens prevails.

- Edward Bellamy

The nation guarantees the nurture, education, and comfortable maintenance of every citizen from the cradle to the grave.

- Edward Bellamy

Competition, which is the instinct of selfishness, is another word for dissipation of energy, while combination is the secret of efficient production.

- Edward Bellamy

People nowadays interchange gifts and favors out of friendship, but buying and selling is considered absolutely inconsistent with the mutual benevole…

- Edward Bellamy

If bread is the first necessity of life, recreation is a close second.

- Edward Bellamy