Best quotes by Jose Saramago on Political

Checkout quotes by Jose Saramago on Political

  • It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of economic power.
    - Jose Saramago
  • Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It was natural, being that my thinking was influenced by an atmosphere of active critical resistance. That was the way it was during all of the dictatorship and up to the Revolution of 1974.
    - Jose Saramago
  • I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.
    - Jose Saramago
  • I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement. Yes, I'm a writer, but I live in this world, and my writing doesn't exist on a separate level. And if people know who I am and read my books, well, good; that way, if I have something more to say, then everyone benefits.
    - Jose Saramago
  • Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying you have a political conscience but you don't agree with any of the existing parties.
    - Jose Saramago