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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

#democratic #democratic system #effect #enough #moment

Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#given #his #man #order #thoughts

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them so that each might express a tiny part of what it is. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#each #express #language #making #might

The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left can't govern without ideas. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#govern #ideas #left #need #problem

We're not short of movements proclaiming that a different world is possible, but unless we can coordinate them into an international movement, capitalism just laughs at all these little organisations. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#coordinate #different #different world #international #into

Before our kids start coming home from Iraq in body bags and women and children start dying in Baghdad, I need to know, what did Iraq do to us? ↗

— Susan Sarandon

#bags #before #body #children #coming

Now, Tim has been really, really busy, and it's been my job now to kind of deal with everything. And trying to figure out how we balance that, logistically it's a nightmare. But these little jobs make it much easier. ↗

— Susan Sarandon

#been #busy #deal #easier #everything

I don't care what you say about me. Just spell the name right. ↗

— Gene Sarazen

#care #i #just #me #name

I was very concerned that President Bush is still trying to frighten or scare the American people with respect to the condition of the Social Security system. ↗

— Paul Sarbanes

#american people #bush #concerned #condition #frighten

France is the country with the highest taxes in Europe along with Sweden...something of which I am not proud. ↗

— Nicolas Sarkozy

#am #country #europe #france #highest