Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Quotes
"Any peace process after so many years of horror and terror will be long and difficult."
- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
(Related: Peace, Horror, Terror, Will, Years)
"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
(Related: Development, Community, Research, State, Want, Welfare)
"You can't bomb a people just in case."
- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
(Related: People)
"My commitment is my commitment."
- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
(Related: Commitment)
"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
(Related: Government, Peace, War, Oil, Spain, Will)
"Wars such as those which have occurred in Iraq only allow hatred, violence and terror to proliferate."
- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
(Related: Hatred, Iraq, Terror, Violence)
"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
(Related: Leader, Office, Want)
"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
(Related: War, Government, Commitment, Democracy, Europe, Iraq, Security)
"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
(Related: Equality, Society, Women, Strength, Military, Terrorism, Will)
"The economic, social and cultural progress of a nation depends on citizens counting for more and having more rights."
- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
(Related: Progress, Rights, Nation)
"The corporations and the media don't need power; they already have it."
- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
(Related: Power, Corporations, Media)
"Spaniards have always shown great maturity and great common sense when it comes to voting."
- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
(Related: Common sense, Maturity, Voting)
"No Spanish government has given into terror and no government will do that."
- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
(Related: Government, Terror, Will)
"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
(Related: War, Occupation, Will)
"Markets are very important but for the government the citizens are more so."
- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
(Related: Government)
"The risk of a terrorist victory is greater when in fighting terror, democracy betrays its own essence."
- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
(Related: Victory, Democracy, Fighting, Risk, Terror)