It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a referendum, but are then incapable of democratically accepting the will of the people.

Quote by Jose Saramago

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Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank...

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank...

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...

Americans have discovered fear.

Americans have discovered fear.

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...

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.

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...

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...

Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people...

Look what happened with the employment law in France-the law was withdrawn because the people...

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.

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

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

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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 do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret,...

I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret,...

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...

We're not short of movements proclaiming that a different world is possible, but unless we...

We're not short of movements proclaiming that a different world is possible, but unless we...

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.