Everything is argued over in this world. Apart from only one thing that is not argued over. Nobody argues about democracy. Democracy is there as if it was some sort of saint in the altar from whom miracles are no longer expected. But it’s there as a reference. A reference. Democracy. And no-one attends to the matter that the democracy in which we live is a democracy taken captive, conditioned, amputated. Because the power..the power of the citizen, the power of each one of us, is limited, in the political sphere, I repeat, in the political sphere, to remove a government that we do not like and replace it with another one that perhaps we might like in the future. Nothing else. But the big decisions are taken in a different sphere, and we all know which one that is. The big international financial organisations, the IMFs, the World Trade Organisations, the World Banks, the OECDs. All..not one of these entities is democratic. And so, how can we keep talking about democracy, if those who effectively govern the world are not chosen democratically by the people? Who chooses the representatives of each country in those organisations? Your respective peoples? No. Where then is the democracy?
José SaramagoTags: democracy
Forgive me if what has seemed little to you, to me is all.
José SaramagoTags: nobel-acceptance-speech
Para qué sirve el arrepentimiento si eso no borra nada de lo que ha pasado. El arrepentimiento mejor es sencillamente cambiar
José SaramagoTags: saramago
Os bons e os maus resultados dos nossos ditos e obras vão-se distribuindo, supõe-se que de uma forma bastante uniforme e equilibrada, por todos os dias do futuro, incluindo aqueles infindáveis, em que já cá não estaremos para poder comprová-lo, para congratular-nos ou pedir perdão, aliás, há que diga que isso é que é a imortalidade.
José SaramagoThe painter paints, the musician makes music, the novelist writes novels. But I believe that we all have some influence, not because of the fact that one is an artist, but because we are citizens. As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved, it's the citizen who changes things. I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.
José SaramagoÉ bem certo que o difícil não é viver com as pessoas, o difícil é compreendê-las.
José SaramagoMi arte consiste en intentar mostrar que no existe diferencia entre lo imaginario y lo vivido. Lo vivido podría imaginarse y al contrario.
José SaramagoOs momentos não chegam nunca tarde nem cedo, chegam à hora deles, não temos de agradecer-lhes as coincidências, quando ocorram, entre o que tinham para propor e o que nós necessitávamos.
José SaramagoConfidential matters are not dealt with over the telephone, you'd better come here in person. I cannot leave the house, Do you mean you're ill, Yes, I'm ill, the blind man said after a pause. In that case you ought to call a doctor, a real doctor, quipped the functionary, and, delighted with his own wit, he rang off.
The man's insolence was like a slap in the face. Only after some minutes had passed, had he regained enough composure to tell his wife how rudely he had been treated. Then, as if he had discovered something that he should have known a long time ago, he murmured sadly, This is the stuff we're made of, half indifference and half malice.
Tags: indifference bureaucracy malice blindness
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