"If we are the greatest nation the sun……" — Upton Sinclair
"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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Upton Sinclair
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37 Quotes by Upton Sinclair
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The first thing brought forth by the study of any religion, ancient or modern, is that it is based upon…
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In the twilight, it was a vision of power.
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In a society dominated by the fact of commercial competition, money is necessarily the test of prowess, and wastefulness the…
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