As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the citizen who changes things.

Quote by Jose Saramago

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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...

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

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

I am not a prophet.

I am not a prophet.

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.

There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is.

There are plenty of reasons not to put up with the world as it is.

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a...

The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a...

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....

I am the same person I was before receiving the Nobel Prize. I work with...

I am the same person I was before receiving the Nobel Prize. I work with...

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

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

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...

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?...

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,...

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.

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...

Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people...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

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...

Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for...

Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for...

The period that I could consider the most important in my literary work came about...

The period that I could consider the most important in my literary work came about...