“I am highly at ease and calm because we have a fairly republican king.”

—  José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

"For me, a republican is someone who defends public institutions and democratic values, someone who is a defender of public life, someone who repsects the principles of liberty, so in that sense we are very calm and at ease."
14th April 2005, during a commemoration to the Second Republic.
Sources: ABC: Rajoy critica el «alarde intelectual» de Zapatero de llamar republicano al Rey http://www.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-15-04-2005/abc/Nacional/rajoy-critica-el-alarde-intelectual-de-zapatero-de-llamar-republicano-al-rey_201845247092.html (Spanish),
As President, 2005

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