José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero - People Quotes

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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 civilization accepts violence or terror.

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

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

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

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

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