“The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but th...” — Jose Saramago Quote

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

“I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon. It was there, with no help except curiosity and the will to learn, that my taste for reading developed and was refined.”

“In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die.”

“Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for a little piece of land to install a military base, and he only wanted to plant a Venezuelan flag there?”

“Bez przyszłości teraźniejszość staje się bez znaczenia.”

“Authoritarian, paralyzing, circular, occasionally elliptical stock phrases, also jocularly referred to as nuggets of wisdom, are a malignant plague, one of the very worst ever to ravage the earth.”

“The president has to govern.”

“Mr. Trump would need someone to help govern in Washington, D.C. When a complete outsider is picked to lead the ticket, it makes sense to have someone with government experience on it.”

“There are standards of the game that FIFA governs and promises to uphold.”

“There are many men whose tongues might govern multitudes if they could govern their tongues.”

“The king reigns but does not govern.”

“My plan is to govern as long as I can.”