Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Quotes & Sayings

With a Socialist government, there will not be a national surplus whilst there continues to be inequality. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

No Spanish government has given into terror and no government will do that. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Gender equality is more successful than armed force — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

The photo is the most important thing. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Please receive in the name of the Spanish government and the people of Spain our warmest congratulations for your election as Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church and my best wishes for the Papacy which you begin today. [to Pope Benedict XVI] — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Discouraging smoking and drinking is a left ideal. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

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

Wars such as those which have occurred in Iraq only allow hatred, violence and terror to proliferate. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

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. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

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. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

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. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

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

Less smoking and more reading. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

My commitment is my commitment. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

In my opinion, patriotism is liberty. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Europe is and will be a Union of States. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

The economic, social and cultural progress of a nation depends on citizens counting for more and having more rights. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Maybe John Kerry does not know - but I am happy to explain it to him - that my commitment to withdraw the troops goes back before the tragic, dramatic terrorist attack. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

The risk of a terrorist victory is greater when in fighting terror, democracy betrays its own essence. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

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. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Markets are very important but for the government the citizens are more so. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

I will listen to Mr Bush but my position is very clear and very firm. The occupation is a fiasco. There have been almost more deaths after the war than during the war. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

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

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. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Any peace process after so many years of horror and terror will be long and difficult. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

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. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Spaniards have always shown great maturity and great common sense when it comes to voting. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

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 — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

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. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

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. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

How can a governing party propose to its people a referendum that won't be binding? Is that a serious political programme? No it is not. It's the final option that will end up with upset, at a dead end, reflecting the last 4 years of the Ibarretxe Plan — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

I don't think this debate is negative, it is enriching — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

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. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Democratic power is the only voice most citizens have. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

You can't bomb a people just in case. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

The main priority of the Socialist Party is education. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

We're 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

I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

The corporations and the media don't need power; they already have it. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

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. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

In democracy, nobody is above anybody else apart from he who is elected by the people. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero