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In the twilight, it was a vision of power. — Upton Sinclair

Upton Sinclair is his own King Charles' head. He cannot keep himself out of his writings, try though he may; or, by this time, try though he doesn't. — Dorothy Parker

American journalism is a class institution, serving the rich and spurning the poor. — Upton Sinclair

Dieve--but I'm glad I'm not a hog. — Upton Sinclair

Here was one more difficulty for him to meet and conquer. — Upton Sinclair

Wall Street had been doing business with pieces of paper; and now someone asked for a dollar, and it was discovered that the dollar had been mislaid. — Upton Sinclair

I had never read Upton Sinclair. I didn't read 'The Jungle' in high school or anything like that. But it's pretty terrific writing. — Paul Thomas Anderson

It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it. — Upton Sinclair

The great corporation which employed you lied to you, and lied to the whole country - from top to bottom it was nothing but one gigantic lie. — Upton Sinclair

One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption. — Upton Sinclair

Pessimism is mental disease. It means illness in the person who voices it, and in the society which produces that person. — Upton Sinclair

Can you blame me if I am pursued by the thought of how much we could do to remedy social evils, if only we had an honest and disinterested press? — Upton Sinclair

Not merely to be defeated, but to acknowledge defeat - and the difference between these two things is what keeps the world going. The — Upton Sinclair

But the devil is a subtle worm; he does not give up at one defeat, for he knows human nature, and the strength of the forces which battle for him. — Upton Sinclair

They use everything about the hog except the squeal. — Upton Sinclair

As if political liberty made wage slavery any the more tolerable! — Upton Sinclair

Through fasting ... I have found a perfect health, a new state of existence, a feeling of purity and happiness, something unknown to humans. — Upton Sinclair

So he went on, tearing up all the flowers from the garden of his soul, and setting his heel upon them. — Upton Sinclair

It appeared as if the whole world was one elaborate system, opposed to justice and kindness, and set to making cruelty and pain. — Upton Sinclair

I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach. — Upton Sinclair

Our friends were not poetical, and the sight suggested to them no metaphors of human destiny; they thought only of the wonderful efficiency of it all. — Upton Sinclair

And the wild beast rose up within him and screamed, as it had screamed in the Jungle from the dawn of time. — Upton Sinclair

Was it a fact that every man had something in his life which palsied his arm, and struck him helpless in the battle for social justice? When — Upton Sinclair

It is foolish to be convinced without evidence, but it is equally foolish to refuse to be convinced by real evidence. — Upton Sinclair

Can you not see that the task is your task - yours to dream, yours to resolve, yours to execute? — Upton Sinclair

It is impossible to get a man to understand something if his livelihood depends on him not understanding. — Upton Sinclair

An event of colossal and overwhelming significance may happen all at once, but the words which describe it have to come one by one in a long chain. — Upton Sinclair

We define journalism in America as the business and practice of presenting the news of the day in the interest of economic privilege. — Upton Sinclair

she was standing upon the brink of the pit of hell and throwing in snowballs to lower the temperature. — Upton Sinclair

Albumen, and made other foul-smelling things into — Upton Sinclair

You can't make somebody understand something if their salary depends upon them not understanding it. — Upton Sinclair

Fascism is capitalism plus murder. — Upton Sinclair

He had no affection left in his life - only the pitiful mockery of it in the camaraderie of vice. — Upton Sinclair

As Upton Sinclair famously observed: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it! — Naomi Klein

The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery. — Upton Sinclair

Dad, as a good American, believed his newspapers. — Upton Sinclair

Over the vast plain I wander, observing a thousand strange and incredible and terrifying manifestations of the Bootstrap-lifting impulse. — Upton Sinclair

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle — Rysa Walker

What are we to say when we see asceticism preached to the poor by fat and comfortable retainers of the rich? — Upton Sinclair

Polish, Lithuanian, and German - "Dom. — Upton Sinclair

I never consciously set out to model myself after Upton Sinclair. — Eric Schlosser

She was part of the machine she tended, and every faculty that was not needed for the machine was doomed to be crushed out of existence. — Upton Sinclair

The old wanderlust had gotten into his blood, the joy of the unbound life, the joy of seeking, of hoping without limit. — Upton Sinclair

All art is propaganda. It is universally and inescabably propaganda; sometimes unconsciously, but often deliberately, propaganda. — Upton Sinclair

Fascism is a marriage between corporations and the government. Upton Sinclair defined it as capitalism plus murder, — Glen Yeadon

In wartime it appeared that nobody wanted to see both sides of any question. IV — Upton Sinclair

Study and think and improve your mind, and keep it clear of all this fog of hatred and propaganda — Upton Sinclair

The state of California; state support for parish schools - or, if this cannot be had, exemption — Upton Sinclair

I just put on what the lady says. I've been married three times, so I've had lots of supervision. — Upton Sinclair

Proceeded to clear a way to the hall. Once — Upton Sinclair