Upton Sinclair

"We are what we believe we are; change your mind and you change your world."

"The chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken."

"To understand a man you must know what he was in the beginning."

"Passion is the furnace that forges the sword of genius."

"The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not so, we would all be there."

"Every moment of our lives we are becoming the corpses we will be."

"The task of the writer is to voice the voiceless."

"We have come to a stage in our social evolution where we can no longer endure injustice."

"Someday we will look back in amazement at how blind we were."

"The pursuit of truth will set you free, even if it makes you miserable."

"I have not shut my eyes or ears to the misery that surrounds me."

"Men who are successful are those who think for themselves and act accordingly."

"The young are taught what to think, but never how to think."

"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."

"A man's rights depend upon his usefulness to society."

"I write in order that my voice may become a trumpet for human justice."

"The remedy for all wrongs is time and wisdom."

"We are fighting for the rights of the weak against the strong."

"Every person carries within them the capacity for great change."

"Democracy cannot survive without an informed and engaged citizenry."

"The greatest revolution will come not from weapons but from changed hearts."

"History is the chronicle of humanity's struggle for freedom and dignity."

"We must learn to see the world with the eyes of the oppressed."

"The price of progress is eternal vigilance and perpetual struggle."

"I have seen the future, and it belongs to those who dream boldly."

"Kindness is not weakness; it is the strength to care in a callous world."

"The foundation of justice is freedom; the foundation of freedom is truth."

"No genuine change comes without sacrifice."

"The voice of the people, when organized, is the voice of God."

"We are shaped by our choices, not by our circumstances."