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

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

Experience Marriage Myself Time
If we are the greatest nation the sun ever shone upon, it would seem to be mainly because we have been able to goad our wage-earners to this pitch of frenzy.
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Greatness Money Sun
Turn over the pages of history and read the damning record of the church’s opposition to every advance in every field of science. . . .
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History Religion Science
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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Business Country Media Practice Privilege
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
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Difficult Himself Men People Understand Wisdom
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

Blame Evil Honesty Media Myself
I have not only found good health, but perfect health; I have found a new state of being, a potentiality of life; a sense of lightness and cleanness and joyfulness, such as I did not know could exist in the human body.
UPTON SINCLAIR

Body Existence Goodness Gratitude Health Human Joy Myself Perfection Potential
One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption.
UPTON SINCLAIR

Accomplishment Corruption Democracy Necessary Oneself Politics
In a society dominated by the fact of commercial competition, money is necessarily the test of prowess, and wastefulness the sole criterion of power.
UPTON SINCLAIR

Competition Money Necessary Power Society Waste
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

Battle Devil Force Give Up Himself Human Nature Strength
It is the music which makes it what it is; it is the music which changes the place from the rear room of a saloon in back of the yards to a fairy place, a wonderland, a little comer of the high mansions of the sky.
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Change Music Place Room Sky Wonderful
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.
UPTON SINCLAIR

Born Fear Growth Religion Study
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.
UPTON SINCLAIR

Crime Ignorance Mindset Stupidity
You can’t make somebody understand something if their salary depends upon them not understanding it.
UPTON SINCLAIR

Career Job Understand Work Yourself
In the twilight, it was a vision of power.
UPTON SINCLAIR

Power Vision
I am sustained by a sense of the worthwhileness of what I am doing; a trust in the good faith of the process which created and sustains me. That process I call God.
UPTON SINCLAIR

Faith God Goodness Myself Process Trust Worth

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