"In a society dominated by the fact of……" — Upton Sinclair
"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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Upton Sinclair
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37 Quotes by Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair has 37 quotes on this site.
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The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery.
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And as for other men, who worked in tank-rooms full of steam, and in some of which there were open…
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I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.
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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…
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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 proletarian writer is a writer with a purpose; he thinks no more of art for art's sake than a…
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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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The supreme crime of the church to-day is that everywhere and in all its operations and influences it is on…
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In the twilight, it was a vision of power.
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You don't have to be satisfied with America as you find it. You can change it. I didn't like the…
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Through fasting. . .I have found a perfect health, a new state of existence, a feeling of purity and happiness,…
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There is one kind of prison where the man is behind bars, and everything that he desires is outside; and…
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In practice, I've had a presence in China since 1998 with my commercial spaces and shops.
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An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no…
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Even before he came to power in 1997, Gordon Brown promised to change the accounts to parliament from simple litanies…
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My father was an expert hunter, so we ate a lot of wild game when I was growing up in…
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It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.
— Edmund Burke
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In the beginning, it wasn't even a question of deciding I'm going to do independent film and not commercial films…
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I don't think it is an easy thing to write and expect to be commercial, even if you are from…
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Globalisation means many other countries are asserting themselves and trying to take over leadership. Please don't ask Americans to let…
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I don't think I've ever seen pie advertised. That's how you know it's good. They advertise ice cream and other…
— Adam Carolla
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A laborer no longer makes whole articles. He receives raw materials, puts his touch on them, and passes them to…
— John Bates Clark
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I definitely feel closer to the feminine side of the human being than I do the male - or the…
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