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 SINCLAIRAmerican journalism is a class institution, serving the rich and spurning the poor.
More Upton Sinclair Quotes
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Dad, as a good American, believed his newspapers.
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I aimed at the public’s heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.
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But I have a conscience and a religious faith, and I know that our liberties were not won without suffering, and may be lost again through our cowardice. I intend to do my duty to my country.
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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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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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Through fasting. . .I have found a perfect health, a new state of existence, a feeling of purity and happiness, something unknown to humans.
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The remedy [for the Great Depression] is to give the workers access to the means of production, and let them produce for themselves, not for others, . . . the American way.
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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.
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Man is an evasive beast, given to cultivating strange notions about himself.
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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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The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery.
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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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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 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.
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One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption.
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