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

In the twilight, it was a vision of power.

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

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

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

Dieve--but I'm glad I'm not a hog.

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

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

Upton Sinclair quotes: 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.

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 quotes: It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.

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

Upton Sinclair quotes: 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.

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 quotes: One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption.

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

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

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

Upton Sinclair quotes: 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?

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

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: They use everything about the hog except the squeal.

They use everything about the hog except the squeal.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Upton Sinclair quotes: Proceeded to clear a way to the hall. Once

Proceeded to clear a way to the hall. Once

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

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

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

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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

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 quotes: It is foolish to be convinced without evidence, but it is equally foolish to refuse to be convinced by real evidence.

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

Upton Sinclair quotes: 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.

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 quotes: she was standing upon the brink of the pit of hell and throwing in snowballs to lower the temperature.

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

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

Albumen, and made other foul-smelling things into

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

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

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

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 quotes: 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Upton Sinclair quotes: Fascism is capitalism plus murder.

Fascism is capitalism plus murder.

Upton Sinclair quotes: Polish, Lithuanian, and German - "Dom.

Polish, Lithuanian, and German - "Dom.

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

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

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

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

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

Dad, as a good American, believed his newspapers.

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

The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery.

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

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