Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying you have a political conscience but you don't agree with any of the existing parties.

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Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people...

Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature:...

Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature:...

It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of...

It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of...

This is how everyone has to begin, men who have never known a woman, women...

This is how everyone has to begin, men who have never known a woman, women...

I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies,...

I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies,...

Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.

Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.

The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is...

The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is...

I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world....

I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world....

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them...

In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to...

In effect I am not a novelist, but rather a failed essayist who started to...

I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States?...

I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States?...

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing...

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing...

I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.

I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.

Things will be very bad for Latin America. You only have to consider the ambitions...

Things will be very bad for Latin America. You only have to consider the ambitions...

The world had already changed before September 11. The world has been going through a...

The world had already changed before September 11. The world has been going through a...

I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.

I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.

Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It...

Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It...

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a...

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a...

I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon....

I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon....