"The private control of credit is the modern…" — Upton Sinclair
"The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery."
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37 Quotes by Upton Sinclair
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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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In a society dominated by the fact of commercial competition, money is necessarily the test of prowess, and wastefulness 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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More Control Quotes
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The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the…
— Aristotle
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Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning…
— Isaac Asimov
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The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way…
— Bashar al-Assad
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Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it.
— Margaret Atwood
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You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
— Marcus Aurelius
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The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own…
— Paul Auster
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path…
— Irving Babbitt
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
— Lord Acton
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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality…
— Lord Acton
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Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it.…
— Michael Badnarik
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It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and…
— Red Adair
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If you want to control other people, first control yourself.
— Abu Bakr
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