Man is an evasive beast, given to cultivating strange notions about himself.
UPTON SINCLAIR
Fascism is capitalism plus murder.
More Upton Sinclair Quotes
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Man is an evasive beast, given to cultivating strange notions about himself.
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The proletarian writer is a writer with a purpose; he thinks no more of art for art’s sake than a man on a sinking ship thinks of painting a beautiful picture in the cabin; he thinks of getting ashore – and then there will be time enough for art.
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We define journalism in America as the business and practice of presenting the news of the day in the interest of economic privilege.
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You can’t make somebody understand something if their salary depends upon them not understanding it.
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They use everything about the hog except the squeal.
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All art is propaganda. It is universally and inescabably propaganda; sometimes unconsciously, but often deliberately, propaganda.
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The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery.
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It is foolish to be convinced without evidence, but it is equally foolish to refuse to be convinced by real evidence.
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I just put on what the lady says. I’ve been married three times, so I’ve had lots of supervision.
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Pessimism is mental disease. It means illness in the person who voices it, and in the society which produces that person.
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The supreme crime of the church to-day is that everywhere and in all its operations and influences it is on the side of sloth of mind; that it banishes brains, it sanctifies stupidity, it canonizes incompetence.
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In the twilight, it was a vision of power.
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The first thing brought forth by the study of any religion, ancient or modern, is that it is based upon Fear, born of it, fed by it — and that it cultivates the source from which its nourishment is derived.
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In a society dominated by the fact of commercial competition, money is necessarily the test of prowess, and wastefulness the sole criterion of power.
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There is one kind of prison where the man is behind bars, and everything that he desires is outside; and there is another kind where the things are behind the bars, and the man is outside.
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Fascism is capitalism plus murder.
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