"The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery."

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Source : Upton Sinclair (1926). “Letters to Judd, an American Workingman”

Upton Sinclair

#Credit Quotes #Slavery Quotes #Modern Quotes

“There had to be a hysteria and a fear sent through America in order to get increased war budgets.”
“Most misfortunes are the results of misused time.”
“It's your body, your life. Do what you want to do.”
“Don't hit other people, don't take their stuff and keep your promises.”

Source : David Boaz (2015). “The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom”, p.145, Simon and Schuster
“If I get it all down on paper, it's no longer inside of me, threatening the life it belongs to.”

Source : Song: Breathe, Album: Shine, 2008
“Since I didn't have any kind of formal training, it didn't make any difference to me if I was listening to Lightnin' Slim, or a vocal group called the Jewels ... , or Webern, or VarÃ¨se, or Stravinsky. To me it was all good music.”
“My mother was very involved with me. And we had a dialogue constantly. And it was like an umbilical cord. As long as the words were flowing back and forth we were connected and feeding each other. And I probably grew up very afraid of losing that connection.”
“There were days when the Church could club men into obedience by preaching Hell to them, but that day has long passed. The world has outgrown it.”

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