José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

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

"Today things are better than a year ago. But within a year things will be even better."

"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 en…"

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

"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…"

"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 yo…"

"We are lucky that a crisis of this magnitude only comes around once every 80 years."

"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."