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.

Quote by Jose Saramago

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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....

Americans have discovered fear.

Americans have discovered fear.

I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my...

I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my...

I am a person with leftist convictions, and always have been.

I am a person with leftist convictions, and always have been.

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...

In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die.

In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die.

Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.

Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.

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:...

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

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

You never know beforehand what people are capable of, you have to wait, give it...

You never know beforehand what people are capable of, you have to wait, give it...

I am not a prophet.

I am not a prophet.

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has...

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has...

The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left...

The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left...

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the...

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the...

There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so...

There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so...

Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not...

Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not...

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.

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...

She'd stopped reading the kind of women's magazine that talked about romance and knitting and...

She'd stopped reading the kind of women's magazine that talked about romance and knitting and...

Women who buy perfume and flowers for themselves because their men won't do it are...

Women who buy perfume and flowers for themselves because their men won't do it are...