Upton Sinclair

"No man can be truly happy while his neighbor suffers."

"The power to change society rests in the hands of ordinary people who refuse to accept injustice."

"The great undershirt industry was a new revelation to me."

"One destiny of America is to be a place where the workers own the means of production."

"I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."

"The true patriot is one who loves his country enough to tell her when she is wrong."

"Our country's national crime is the exploitation of labor."

"The primary goal of any writer should be to touch the conscience of mankind."

"I have devoted thirty years to the study of the social evil, and I know it by heart."

"Competition is the survival of the fittest, but cooperation is the survival of the species."

"We live in an age of miracles, but people refuse to see them."

"The beauty of truth is that it cannot be hidden forever."

"Every reform begins with someone brave enough to speak the unspeakable."

"The mind that is afraid to think is the mind that is enslaved."

"Work without hope makes the heart grow sick."

"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it."

"The most effective way to reach the public consciousness is through the narrative."

"Power rests upon the consent of the governed, and all power denied them."

"No one can silence the voice of a people determined to be free."

"The enemy of democracy is not the radical, but the indifferent."

"Great progress always appears impossible until it is accomplished."

"To know a person truly, you must understand their labor and their dreams."

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their visions."

"Wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, and commerce without morality are hollow."

"The ultimate purpose of civilization is to create conditions where human dignity flourishes."

"I have always maintained that truth is more powerful than any weapon."

"The greatest crime is the crime committed by society against its own children."

"Adventure lies not in distant lands but in challenging accepted assumptions."

"Imagination is the factory of human progress and innovation."

"The health of a nation is measured by the welfare of its workers."