"A great man" "and the greatest and most representative of the Spanish people of the 20th century" "one of the great leaders we have had in our history."

“The best terrorist, the dead one.”

“The language is named Spanish, not Castillian! Spanish is the language of everybody. It has become the language of Spain already Catalonia was occupied by Felipe IV, by Felipe V , it was bombed by general Espartero, who was a revolutionary general, and we occupied it in 1939 and we are prepared to take the rifle again. Therefore, you shall guess what to expect. Here I have my rifle to use it again.”

“It is obious that the glorious day of July, 18, 1936 was one of the nicest political and social movements that the world remembers. Historians shall admit that the most and best part of the country was the one who raised against the governement, illegal and corrupt, who was preparing the darkest red revolution from the power.”

“We will not seat at the same table with the communists. I will never talk to them.”

“Legalisation of the Communist Party is a real coup d'état.”

“My mother understood perfectly that she had to teach French, not Basque, which is a dead language.”