Upton Sinclair

Man is an evasive beast, given to cultivating strange notions about himself.

— Upton Sinclair

“In every newspaper-office in America the same struggle between the business-office and the news-department is going on all the time.”

— Upton Sinclair

“And each of them had an individuality of his own, a will of his own, a hope and a heart's desire; each…

— Upton Sinclair

“To Jurgis the packers had been the equivalent to fate; Ostrinski showed him that they were the Beef Trust. They were a…

— Upton Sinclair

The supreme crime of the church to-day is that everywhere and in all its operations and influences it is on the side…

— Upton Sinclair

But I have a conscience and a religious faith, and I know that our liberties were not won without suffering, and may…

— Upton Sinclair

“I, the driver of this car, that used to be Jim Ross, the teamster, and J.A. Ross and Co., general merchandise at…

— Upton Sinclair

It was all so very businesslike that one watched it fascinated. It was pork-making by machinery, pork-making by applied mathematics. And yet…

— Upton Sinclair

And as for other men, who worked in tank-rooms full of steam, and in some of which there were open vats near…

— Upton Sinclair

In a society dominated by the fact of commercial competition, money is necessarily the test of prowess, and wastefulness the sole criterion…

— Upton Sinclair

It is the music which makes it what it is; it is the music which changes the place from the rear room…

— Upton Sinclair

“They were trying to save their souls- and who but a fool could fail to see that all that was the matter…

— Upton Sinclair

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

— Upton Sinclair

“One could not stand and watch very long without being philosophical, without beginning to deal in symbols and similes, and to hear…

— Upton Sinclair

Human beings suffer agonies, and their sad fates become legends; poets write verses about them and playwrights compose dramas, and the remembrance…

— Upton Sinclair

“The gates of memory would roll open—old joys would stretch out their arms to them, old hopes and dreams would call to…

— Upton Sinclair

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

— Upton Sinclair

In the twilight, it was a vision of power.

— Upton Sinclair

“Say the very simplest and most obvious things, say them as often as possible, and put into the saying all the screaming…

— Upton Sinclair

“They had chains which they fastened about the leg of the nearest hog, and the other end of the chain they hooked…

— Upton Sinclair

“Surely it is moderate to say that the dish-washing for a family of five takes half an hour a day; with ten…

— 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

“Now and then a visitor wept, to be sure; but this slaughtering machine ran on, visitors or no visitors. It was like…

— Upton Sinclair

“Here was a population, low-class and mostly foreign, hanging always on the verge of starvation, and dependent for its opportunities of life…

— Upton Sinclair

Fascism is capitalism plus murder.

— Upton Sinclair