Edward Bellamy

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

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

“The effect of change in surroundings is like that of lapse of time in making the past seem remote.”

“And in heaven's name, who are the public enemies?" exclaimed Dr. Leete. "Are they France, England Germany or hunger, cold and nakedness?”

“I first saw the light in the city of Boston in the year 1857.”