Author: Jose Saramago

Quotes

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.

- Jose Saramago

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

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

- Jose Saramago

It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of economic power.

It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of economic power.

- Jose Saramago

Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature: it was about time to find out what I was worth as a writer.

Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature: it was about time to find out what I was worth as a writer.

- Jose Saramago

Being fired was the best luck of my life. It made me stop and reflect. It was the birth of my life as a writer.

Being fired was the best luck of my life. It made me stop and reflect. It was the birth of my life as a writer.

- Jose Saramago

Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the world either already experienced or is experiencing now with terrible intensity.

Americans have discovered the fragility of life, that ominous fragility that the rest of the world either already experienced or is experiencing now with terrible intensity.

- Jose Saramago

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