Quote by Jose Saramago
Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the mom

Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system would have to be rethought. – Jose Saramago

Other quotes by Jose Saramago

I never appreciated positive heroes in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies, until the model is exhausted. I prefer perplexity, doubt, uncertainty, not just because it provides a more productive literary raw material, but because that is the way we humans really are. – Jose Saramago

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positive
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Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, youre saying you have a political conscience but you dont agree with any of the existing parties. – Jose Saramago

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

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Society honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers. – Mignon McLaughlin

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The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it. – John Updike

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