Upton Sinclair: "Ke dalam pertengkaran binatang buas ini, orang-orang...

"Ke dalam pertengkaran binatang buas ini, orang-orang ini telah dilahirkan tanpa persetujuan mereka, mereka mengambil bagian di dalamnya karena mereka tidak dapat menahannya; bahwa mereka di penjara bukanlah hal yang memalukan bagi mereka, karena permainan tidak pernah adil, dadu dimuat. Mereka adalah penipu dan pencuri uang dan uang receh, dan mereka telah terperangkap dan dihalangi oleh penipu dan pencuri jutaan dolar."

--- Upton Sinclair

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Into this wild-beast tangle these men had been born without their consent, they had taken part in it because they could not help it; that they were in jail was no disgrace to them, for the game had never been fair, the dice were loaded. They were swindlers and thieves of pennies and dimes, and they had been trapped and put out of the way by the swindlers and thieves of millions of dollars.