Lyn Jensen

“In any competitive society, woman is necessarily condemned to a position of inferiority by the burdens of maternity.”
― Upton Sinclair, The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism (Classic Reprint) by Upton Sinclair

“I recently read that moving is right up there in stress level and freak-out factor with public speaking and being on a crashing airplane. No wonder my anxiety bucket is approaching capacity.”
― Rick Springfield, Late, Late at Night

“In the south, you see, a "lady" takes for granted the slave-psychology in those she regards as her "social inferiors." Not merely does she expect immediate obedience from all members of the colored race; she feels the same way about policemen in uniform--it would never occur to her to think of a policeman as anything but a servant, prepared to behave as such.”
― Upton Sinclair, The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism / The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation / The Book of Life

“In England where the radicals were allowed to gather in Hyde Park and say what they chose, crimes of political violence were practically unknown. On the other hand, in America, where it was customary for the police to arrest radicals and club and jail them, such crimes were common.”
― Upton Sinclair, The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism