José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Quotes

Source: "A partir de este fin de semana, voy a dramatizar un poco"

I am highly at ease and calm because we have a fairly republican king.

My grandfather asked in his will that whenever it became possible, his name should be cleared so that he would no longer be denounced as a 'traitor to patriotism'. My grandfather has had a great effect on me during my life.

Source: El Mundo: El Rey se enfrenta a gritos con Chávez en defensa de Aznar: ¿Por qué no te callas? (Spanish)

The Spanish economy is not going to return to growth immediately.

As such, we have signed an agreement to stimulate, to favour, to fuck...to help this type of tourism.

I'm not the right person to talk about this. It doesn't seem right to me (the price paid by Real Madrid for footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, but I understand the social significance of football.

The US doesn't understand South America."

Less smoking and more reading.

The strength of a culture depends on its capacity to open itself up to other cultures, to integrate itself into them and to integrate them into it. It doesn't matter how many differences there may be, Habermas pointed out, everyone shares some principles. No culture tolerates the exploitation of human beings. No religion permits the murder of innocent people. No civilisation accepts violence or terror.

Source: Transcripción oficial en la web de la Presidencia de México

The earth belongs to nobody except the wind.

Gender equality is more successful than armed force

Source: Diciembre 2008. Prensa

You can be completely opposed to an ideological position, and I'm certainly not close to Aznar's ideas, however he was elected by the Spanish people and I demand that respect.