List of Eduardo Galeano Quotes

A Unipolar World - One With Only One Power - Makes Sure That This Space Almost Disappears. In A Multipolar World This Space Multiplies. Therefore, There Is Nostalgia For A Multipolar World.

The Fiesta Of Soccer, A Feast For The Legs That Play And The Eyes That Watch, Is Much More Than A Big Business Run By Overlords From Switzerland. The Most Popular Sport In The World Wants To Serve The People Who Embrace It.

I Am Quite Prehistoric, Absolutely Prehistoric.

The Ball Laughs, Radiant, In The Air. He Brings Her Down, Puts Her To Sleep, Showers Her With Compliments, Dances With Her, And Seeing Such Things Never Before Seen His Admirers Pity Their Unborn Grandchildren Who Will Never See Them.

And One Fine Day The Goddess Of The Wind Kisses The Foot Of Man, That Mistreated, Scorned Foot, And From That Kiss The Soccer Idol Is Born. He Is Born In A Straw Crib In A Tin-roofed Shack And He Enters The World Clinging To A Ball.

His Legs Have A Mind Of Their Own, His Foot Shoots By Itself... Roberto Baggio Is A Big Horsetail That Flicks Away Opponents As He Flows Forward In An Elegant Wave.

Any Open Net Was An Unforgivable Crime Meriting Immediate Punishment, And [di Stefano] Carried Out The Sentence By Stabbing At It Like A Mischievous Elf.

Soccer Is A Feast For The Eyes That Watch It And A Joy For The Body That Plays It

I'm Attracted To Soccer's Capacity For Beauty. When Well Played, The Game Is A Dance With A Ball.

In This World Which Is Losing Faith In So Called Representative Democracy, There Are New Developments In Participatory Democracy. These Are Very Interesting Developments, Reflecting The Revitalization Of Community Power With A More And More Active Presence Of Minorities In Political Life, Including The Presence Of Women Who Are Of Course By No Means A Minority.

I Am Not A Historian. I Am A Writer Obsessed With Remembering, With Remembering The Past

From The Weak Nations' Point Of View, It Is Better If There Are Many Powerful Countries Then If There Are Just A Few. The More Concentrated Is Power, The Fewer Opportunities There Are To Move. Space For Change, Space For Freedom To Implement Change Is Then Very Narrow; Very Small.