Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying you have a political… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement. — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of economic power. — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement. Yes, I'm a writer, but I live in this world,… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying that you understand your… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It was natural, being that my thinking was… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
“We are born, and at that moment, it is as if we had signed a pact for the rest of our life, but a… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
It takes little or nothing to undo reputations, the merest trifle makes and remakes them, it is simply a question of finding the best… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
With the passage of time, as well as the social evolution and genetic exchange, we ended up putting our conscience in the color of… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
“E se as histórias para crianças passassem a ser de leitura obrigatória para os adultos? Seriam eles capazes de aprender realmente o que há… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
“the inmates of the second ward in the right wing have decided, at long last, to bury their dead, at least we shall be… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
“Stretching one arm behind him, the man passed his hand over the horse's coat, his own skin transformed, or skin which had transformed into… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
...you have to leave the island in order to see the island, that we can't see ourselves unless we become free of ourselves, Unless… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image