“I would like to admit the clear error I made in front of all Spanish citizens.”

—  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

January 2007, apologising for his announcement on 29th December 2006, "in a year things will be even better"/
As President, 2007
Source: El País: Minuto a minuto del debate sobre política antiterrorista en el Congreso http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/Minuto/minuto/debate/politica/antiterrorista/Congreso/elpepuesp/20070115elpepunac_9/Tes (Spanish).

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