Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. was an American writer who wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several genres. These inspirational Upton Sinclair Quotes will uplift your life.
Best Upton Sinclair Quotes
- “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” – Upton Sinclair
- “It is foolish to be convinced without evidence, but it is equally foolish to refuse to be convinced by real evidence.” – Upton Sinclair
- “I aimed at the public’s heart, and by accident, I hit it in the stomach.” – Upton Sinclair
- “One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption.” – Upton Sinclair
- “The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery.” – Upton Sinclair
- “You can’t make somebody understand something if their salary depends upon them not understanding it.” – Upton Sinclair
- “Fascism is capitalism plus murder.” – Upton Sinclair
- “American journalism is a class institution, serving the rich and spurning the poor.” – Upton Sinclair
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“Man is an evasive beast, given to cultivating strange notions about himself.” – Upton Sinclair
- “Pessimism is mental disease. It means illness in the person who voices it, and in the society which produces that person.” – Upton Sinclair
- “We define journalism in America as the business and practice of presenting the news of the day in the interest of economic privilege.” – Upton Sinclair
- “All art is propaganda. It is universally and inescapably propaganda; sometimes unconsciously, but often deliberately, propaganda.” – 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.” – Upton Sinclair
- “Through fasting. . .I have found a perfect health, a new state of existence, a feeling of purity and happiness, something unknown to humans.” – Upton Sinclair
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“They use everything about the hog except the squeal.” – 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
- “Turn over the pages of history and read the damning record of the church’s opposition to every advance in every field of science.” – Upton Sinclair
- “Dad, as a good American, believed his newspapers.” – Upton Sinclair
- “I just put on what the lady says. I’ve been married three times, so I’ve had lots of supervision.” – Upton Sinclair
- “In the twilight, it was a vision of power.” – Upton Sinclair
