Note 444 — Chapter II · : SAINT-SIMON, THE SAINT-SIMONIANS, AND THE BEGINNINGS OF COLLECTIVISM

“Parliamentary government must be regarded as an indispensable step in the direction of industrialism.” (Œuvres, vol. iii, p. 22.) “It is absolutely necessary if the transition from the essentially arbitrary régime which has existed hitherto is to be replaced by the ideal liberal régime which is bound to come into being by and by.” (Ibid. p. 21.)