José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Quotes

Peace needs and takes time, it needs and takes caution, it needs and takes patience after 30 years of terrorism and violence.

The photo is the most important thing.

There isn't any wall, however high, however wide or however big, whatever it is made from, that can bar you from achieving a better life. There isn't any wall or pit that is in front of you to stop you from achieving a future of wellbeing.

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.

Source: Nota de prensa Zapatero: "Responderemos a cada insulto con una propuesta, a cada descalificación con una idea" en la web oficial del PSOE, Ya: Zapatero al PSOE: "A cada insulto, una propuesta, a cada descalificación, una idea y a cada exageración una sonrisa"

I think that it would do us good to have some tension [...]. From this weekend, I'm going to start to overdramatise things a little.

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

In democracy, nobody is above anybody else apart from he who is elected by the people.

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

Given that a few days ago we had a terrible accident, a tragic terrorist attack in Barajas, in Madrid, I would like to propose to you that we show our complete condemnation, our most intense revulsion, and that we show profound solidarity with the victims.

I don't want to be a great leader. I would rather be a good democrat.

Source: El Mundo, Rodríguez Zapatero reprocha a Rajoy que no afronte el debate presupuestario como líder del PP (Spanish)

The PP has spent 3 years thinking about the election (in 2008), but I think that one has to give them some advice: to prepare themselves to carry on thinking, but about the election in 2012.

The US doesn't understand South America."

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