Gender equality is more successful than armed force.

- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

The economic, social and cultural progress of a nation depends on citizens counting for more and having more rights.

- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

With a Socialist government, there will not be a national surplus whilst there continues to be inequality.

- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Wars such as those which have occurred in Iraq only allow hatred, violence and terror to proliferate

- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

The risk of a terrorist victory is greater when in fighting terror, democracy betrays its own essence.

- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Castilian Spanish-speaking Spain is big, but is bigger in addition with Catalonian-speaking Spain, Galician-speaking Spain and Basque-speaking Spain.…

- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Europe is and will be a Union of States.

- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

The main priority of the Socialist Party is education".

- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Peace needs and takes time, it needs and takes caution, it needs and takes patience after 30 years of terrorism and violence.

- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero