On the whole, with scandalous exceptions, Democracy has given the ordinary worker more dignity than he ever had.
- Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here

Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.
- Sinclair Lewis, N.Y. Times, April 18, 1943

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.
- Sinclair Lewis, Interview, Berlin, December 29, 1930