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I used to say to our audiences: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"

Upton Sinclair

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Upton Beall Sinclair, Jr. (20 September 1878 – 25 November 1968) was a prolific American author who wrote in many genres, often advocating Socialist views, and achieved considerable popularity in the first half of the twentieth century.

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Alternative Names: Upton Beall Sinclair • Clarke Fitch • Frederick Garrison • Arthur Stirling • Upton Sinclair Jr.

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It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.

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he had no affection left in his life — only the pitiful mockery of it in the camaraderie of vice.

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As if political liberty made wage slavery any the more tolerable!

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