The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others.

Quote by Jose Saramago

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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...

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

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

Americans have discovered fear.

Americans have discovered fear.

I am not a prophet.

I am not a prophet.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 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....

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...

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...