Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Quotes

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

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Years, Needs, Violence

  Presidential press release after ETA's 2006 ceasefire declaration, September 2006.

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• Es cierto que la guerra de Irak abrió una brecha en las relaciones entre parte de Europa y el gobierno de Estados Unidos, pero nuestros lazos básicos son más fuertes que eso. Compartimos la democracia, el libre mercado y el compromiso con la seguridad occidental. Diferimos en cómo garantizar esa seguridad.

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Distance, War, Commitment

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• Castilian Spanish-speaking Spain is big, but is bigger in addition with Catalonian-speaking Spain, Galician-speaking Spain and Basque-speaking Spain. Democratic Spain, Constitutional Spain, can not be separated from diversity and the respect to the citizenship.

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Diversity, Spain, Citizenship

  Speech in the French National Assembly, March 2005.

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• The more equality women have, the fairer, more civilized and tolerant society will be. Sexual equality is a lot more effective against terrorism than military strength.

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Military, Terrorism, Civilized

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• Con un gobierno socialista, no habrá superávit nacional mientras siga habiendo desigualdad.

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Socialist Government, Inequality, Surplus

  "Rodríguez Zapatero reprocha a Rajoy que no afronte el debate presupuestario como líder del PP". Newspaper article, www.elmundo.es. October 29, 2003.

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• Democratic power is the only voice most citizens have.

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Voice, Citizens, Democratic

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• The economic, social and cultural progress of a nation depends on citizens counting for more and having more rights.

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Rights, Progress, Citizens

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• Less smoking and more reading.

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Reading, Smoking

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• No Spanish government has given into terror and no government will do that.

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Government, Given, Terror

  "Zapatero: Spanish 'not cowards'", www.cnn.com. May 6, 2004.

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• Europe is and will be a Union of States.

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Country, Europe, Unions

  Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's speech to Spanish Cortes, June 15, 2004.

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• Gender equality is more successful than armed force.

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Successful, Gender Equality, Force

  Time Magazine Interview, September 22, 2004.

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• El riesgo de una victoria terrorista es mayor cuando, en la lucha contra el terror, la democracia traiciona su propia esencia.

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Fighting, Essence, Risk

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• Markets are very important but for the government the citizens are more so.

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Government, Important, Citizens

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• Dado que hace unos días hemos tenido un terrible accidente, un trágico atentado terrorista en Barajas, en Madrid, quiero proponerles que mostremos nuestra total condena, nuestra más intensa repulsa, y que mostremos una profunda solidaridad con las víctimas.

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Profound, Madrid, Intense

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• My commitment is my commitment.

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Compromiso

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• We are the envy of Europe and in a few years time we are going to be one of the top countries in the world.

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Country, Years, Europe

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• The photo is the most important thing.

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Important, Important Things

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• 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.

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Pensar, Años, Dar

  Meeting in Jerez, August 14, 2007.

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• The Spain of today looks at the Second Republic with great appreciation and above all with satisfaction and pride for what we have been able to do in this constitutional age.

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Appreciation, Pride, Age

  Congress of Deputies, May 01, 2006.

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• Although the recession is strong and although hard times await us in the next 2 or 3 months, Spain will continue to grow in the second quarter of 2009.

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Strong, Hard Times, Spain

  "Espana saldra de la crisis a finales de 2009", translated, www.20minutos.es. December 27, 2008.

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• 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.

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Wall, Bars, Pits

  Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's speech as the guest of honour at the dinner hosted by Felipe Calderon at the National Palace in Mexico City, July 16, 2007.

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

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Personas, Democracia

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• 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.

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Ideas, People, Demand

  "El Rey se enfrenta a gritos con Chávez en defensa de Aznar: '¿Por qué no te callas?'" by Marisa Cruz, www.elmundo.es. November 10, 2007.

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• Drawing a comparison to football, it could be said that the Spanish economy has, during this legislature, into the Champions League of the world economy, however bad that may seem to some.

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Football, Champions League, Drawing

  Speech in the Congress of Deputies, September 11, 2007.

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• In my opinion, patriotism is liberty.

  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

  Liberty, Opinion

  Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's remarks during a discussion on Catalan and Spanish nationalism and the inclusion of the term nation-state in the Statute of Catalonia (translated from Spanish), October 6, 2005.

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