Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying that you understand your responsibility, you have a political conscience and you came to vote, but you don't agree with any of the existing parties and this is the only way you have of saying so.
Jose SaramagoEvery novel is like this, desperation, a frustrated attempt to save something of the past. Except that it still has not been established whether it is the novel that prevents man from forgetting himself or the impossibility of forgetfulness that makes him write novels.
Jose Saramagoanyone who gets up early by inclination or has been forced to rise early out of necessity finds it intolerable that others should go on sleeping soundly
Jose SaramagoEn ningรบn momento de la historia, en ningรบn lugar del planeta, las religiones han servido para que los seres humanos se acerquen unos a los otros. Por el contrario, sรณlo han servido para separar, para quemar, para torturar. No creo en dios, no lo necesito y ademรกs soy buena persona.
Jose Saramago