Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Quotes

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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.

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  Diversity, Spain, Citizenship

  Speech in the French National Assembly, March 2005.

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

  Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

  Years, Needs, Violence

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

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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.

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  Military, Terrorism, Civilized

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• It's true that the war in Iraq opened a distance in relations between part of Europe and the U.S. government, but our basic ties are stronger than that. We share democracy, free markets and a commitment to Western security. We differ on how to guarantee that security.

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  Distance, War, Commitment

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• With a Socialist government, there will not be a national surplus whilst there continues to be inequality.

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

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  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.

  Jose Luis Rodriguez 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.

  Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

  Successful, Gender Equality, Force

  Time Magazine Interview, September 22, 2004.

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• The risk of a terrorist victory is greater when in fighting terror, democracy betrays its own essence.

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  Fighting, Essence, Risk

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• The main priority of the Socialist Party is education".

  Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

  Party, Socialist Party, Priorities

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• Wars such as those which have occurred in Iraq only allow hatred, violence and terror to proliferate

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  War, Iraq, Hatred

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

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  Rights, Progress, Citizens

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• Were aligning ourselves with Kerry. Our allegiance will be for peace, against war, no more deaths for oil, and for a dialogue between the government of Spain and the new Kerry administration.

  Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

  Peace, War, Government

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• The corporations and the media don't need power; they already have it.

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  Media, Needs, Corporations

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• You can't bomb a people just in case.

  Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

  People, Bombs, Cases

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• ...it is true that renewable energy is expensive and can't be done without public sector support, it is an important investment in the future.

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  Support, Important, Energy

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• I don't think this debate is negative, it is enriching

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  Thinking, Negative, Debate

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• Spaniards have always shown great maturity and great common sense when it comes to voting.

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  Maturity, Common Sense, Voting

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• Democratic power is the only voice most citizens have.

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  Voice, Citizens, Democratic

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• I want to increase our spending on research and development by 25%. That's something the U.S. does very well. That dynamism alongside a welfare state in the European community - that's the synthesis I want to achieve.

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  Research And Development, Community, Want

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• I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat.

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  Office, Leader, Want

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• Any peace process after so many years of horror and terror will be long and difficult.

  Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

  Peace, Years, Long

  "Basque separatists call 'permanent' cease-fire" by Tracy Wilkinson, www.sfgate.com. March 23, 2006.

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

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  Government, Important, Citizens

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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.

  Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

  Football, Champions League, Drawing

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

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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.

  Jose Luis Rodriguez 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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