Upton Sinclair

"I had a vision of the future, and it was beautiful."

"Time is the most precious thing we have."

"To understand men and women, you have to understand their condition."

"The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed."

"Peace comes from understanding, not from force."

"Man will never fly."

"The most heroic word in all languages is revolution."

"I have always felt that doubt was the price of morality."

"One cannot think clearly when one is angry."

"The pleasure we get from music comes from our identification with it."

"I had dreamed of being a playwright, but that dream had to give way."

"War is capitalism with the gloves off."

"Democracy is a word the politicians use to get votes."

"Children are the most honest critics."

"The American Dream is the belief that any man can rise."

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but truth is objective."

"I have lived through many eras, and I have learned from all of them."

"The death of a man is not the end of him."

"To love is to be vulnerable."

"Patience is the virtue of the wise."

"I believe in the power of the individual to change society."

"Fear is the tool of tyrants."

"Every great movement has been led by artists and dreamers."

"Nature teaches us the laws of life."

"The strength of a nation is in the health of its people."

"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self."

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

"The adventure of life is not to arrive, but to travel."

"Technology is not good or evil; it depends on how we use it."

"I write with the belief that the truth will set us free."