José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero: Quotes about people

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is Former Prime Minister of Spain. Explore interesting quotes on people.
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero: 82 quotes1 like

“The strength of a culture depends on its capacity to open itself up to other cultures, to integrate itself into them and to integrate them into it. It doesn't matter how many differences there may be, Habermas pointed out, everyone shares some principles. No culture tolerates the exploitation of human beings. No religion permits the murder of innocent people. No civilisation accepts violence or terror.”

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

[...]<br>&quot;Peace is not a natural state of man, as the great pacifist Gandhi told us. But man can create it. If we have broken down walls that seemed unbreakable, we will not passively agree that more profound differences should their place.&quot; <br class="br">5th Dec. 2005 <br class="br">Sources: Transcripción completa del discurso en la web de la ONU http://www.spainun.org/pages/viewfull.cfm?ElementID=2229&amp;print=1. Many extracts taken from the press, e.g. Cadena Ser http://www.cadenaser.com/espana/articulo/alegato-terrorismo-primera-reunion-alianza/csrcsrpor/20051127csrcsrnac_1/Tes. <br class="br">As President, 2005

“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.”

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

To Hugo Chavez, who had accused Aznar of being a racist and a fascist in the 17th Iberoamerican Summit. <br class="br">As President, 2007 <br class="br">Source: El Mundo: El Rey se enfrenta a gritos con Chávez en defensa de Aznar: ¿Por qué no te callas? http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2007/11/10/internacional/1194711476.html (Spanish)

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

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

24th Feb. 2008
As President, 2008

“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”

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

April 2005, regarding Juan José Ibarretxe's plan to propose a referendum regarding whether to approve his plan to reform the aunomomy of the Basque Country.
As President, 2005
Source: El Correo, Saturday 9th April 2005, p. 23