"One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption."

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Source : Upton Sinclair (2016). “The Jungle”, p.387, First Avenue Editions

Upton Sinclair

#Political Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Corruption Quotes

“People are going to like 3-D in their family photos.”

Source : "Saving Sony: CEO Howard Stringer Plans to Focus on 3-D TV". Interview with Karl Taro Greenfeld, www.wired.com. March 22, 2010.
“Painting... in which the inner and the outer man are inseparable, transcends technique, transcends subject and moves into the realm of the inevitable.”
“The world is upside down, it's going to take a lot of hands to turn it right side up.”
“If a man cannot see a church, it is preposterous to take his opinion about its altar-piece or painted window.”
“My life has a mysterious purpose that I don't understand, and day by day, conflict by conflict, I learn by going where I have to go.”

Source : The Waking (1953) p. 120
“The great thing about not being president anymore is I can say whatever I want, about anything. Of course [now], nobody really cares what I say. And now I have the worst of all worlds -- my wife has become the secretary of state, so no one really cares what I say -- unless I mess up.”
“I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said 'Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is.'”
“Many people think that when we practice agriculture, nature is helping us in our efforts to grow food. This is an exclusively human-centered viewpoint... we should instead, realize that we are receiving that which nature decides to give us. A farmer does not grow something in the sense that he or she creates it. That human is only a small part of the whole process by which nature expresses its being. The farmer has very little influence over that process... other than being there and doing his or her small part.”

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