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

Quote by Jose Saramago

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A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a...

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a...

The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is...

The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of the relationships Americans form with what is...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

Americans have discovered fear.

Americans have discovered fear.

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 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,...

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...

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 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 not a prophet.

I am not a prophet.

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....