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Can you blame me if I am pursued by the thought of how much we could do to remedy social evils, if only we had an honest and disinterested press?
Upton Sinclair
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Upton Sinclair
Age: 90 †
Born: 1878
Born: September 20
Died: 1968
Died: November 25
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Man is an evasive beast, given to cultivating strange notions about himself.
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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 man on a sinking ship thinks of painting a beautiful picture in the cabin he thinks of getting ashore - and then there will be time enough for art.
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The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery.
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You can't make somebody understand something if their salary depends upon them not understanding it.
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It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
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