I am not a prophet.

Quote by Jose Saramago

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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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 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....

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Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people...

Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people...

Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and...

Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and...

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:...

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 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....

It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a...

It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a...

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?...

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 can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.

I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.

Americans have discovered fear.

Americans have discovered fear.