> [!cite]- Metadata > 2026-02-04 15:30 > Status: #primary #quote > Tags: `Read Time: 29s` > Upton Sinclair (1878–1968) was a prolific American novelist, Pulitzer Prize winner, and social reformer known for pioneering "muckraking" journalism to expose corruption. His 1906 novel, _The Jungle_, exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry, leading to the [Pure Food and Drug Act](https://www.ssa.gov/history/sinclair.html). A committed socialist, he wrote nearly 100 books and ran for California governor in 1934. > [!Quote] > It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it. --- ### **References** [Upton Sinclair Quotes](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/21810-it-is-difficult-to-get-a-man-to-understand-something)