“I would not execute [by firing squad] certain people. They should be hooked off their balls.”

— Manuel Fraga Iribarne

Fraga's answer to "Are you as a professor against the death penalty?" Mor al llit, impunement, Manuel Fraga, icona del franquisme i responsable dels assassinats de Gasteiz, 16th January 2012, Setmanari La Directa, 16th January 2012, catalan http://www.setmanaridirecta.info/noticia/noticia-fraga,
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