Pulitzer Odullu Amerikali yazar Upton (Beall) Sinclair'in olum yildonumu (25 Kasim 1968)
"Insanlarin fikirlerini ortbas ettigimizde, onlari cevaplayamiyormusuz gibi gorunmemizi sagladik; mitingleri basarak yuzlerce insani mitinglere katiliyor diye hapse attigimizda ise ancak ortbas etmeye calistigimiz fikirlerin reklamini yapmis ve pek cok diger insanin kurbanlara sempati duymasini saglamis olduk." Petrol
"When we suppressed people's ideas, we made it seem that we couldn't answer them; when we smashed up meetings and threw hundreds of people into jail for trying to attend meetings, we simply advertised the ideas we were trying to suppress, we made lots of other people sympathize with the victims."
"Size yalvarmak için buradayim. Sefalet hala gerekeni yapmadi mi size? Baski ve haksizlik, hala acmadi mi gözlerinizi? Ben beklemeye devam edecegim. Cunku başka yapabilecegim hic bir sey yok. Butun bunlardan kacip saklanabilecegim tenha ve vahsi bir yer, kacabilecegim bir cennet yok. Dunyanin sonuna kadar gittigim halde, her yerde ayni lanetlenmis, ayni kahrolasi sisteme rastladim. Insanligin asil ve namuslu duygulari, ozanlarin dusleri, bir dava ugruna olen sehitlerin acilari, prangalara vurularak, orgutlenmis bir hirsin emrine verilmis. Sirf bu yuzden dinlenemedim, susadim, sirf bu yuzden rahati, mutlulugu, refahi ve iyi bir sohreti kiyiya iterek, dunyaya, ruhumun cektigi acilari haykirabilmek icin yollara dustum. Bu yuzden ne fakirlik, ne hastalik, ne nefret, ne kotuleme, ne tehdit, ne rezalet beni susturabilir. Eger basima, hapis yatmak, ceza yemek gelecekse bile ne bu dunyanin uzerindeki, ne de yukarisindaki, yapilan, yapilacak ve yapilmis olan hic bir kuvvet korkutamaz beni. Eger bu gece basarisiz olursam, kabahatin bende oldugunu bilip, yarin yeniden deneyecegim." Chicago Mezbahalari
"I am here to plead with you, to know if want and misery have yet done their work with you, if injustice and oppression have yet opened your eyes! I shall still be waiting--there is nothing else that I can do. There is no wilderness where I can hide from these things, there is no haven where I can escape them; though I travel to the ends of the earth, I find the same accursed system--I find that all the fair and noble impulses of humanity, the dreams of poets and the agonies of martyrs, are shackled and bound in the service of organized and predatory Greed! And therefore I cannot rest, I cannot be silent; therefore I cast aside comfort and happiness, health and good repute--and go out into the world and cry out the pain of my spirit! Therefore I am not to be silenced by poverty and sickness, not by hatred and obloquy, by threats and ridicule--not by prison and persecution, if they should come--not by any power that is upon the earth or above the earth, that was, or is, or ever can be created. If I fail tonight, I can only try tomorrow; knowing that the fault must be mine."
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