“It's true that the war in Iraq opened a distance in relations between ...” — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Quote

“It's true that the war in Iraq opened a distance in relations between part of Europe and the U.S. government, but our basic ties are stronger than that. We share democracy, free markets and a commitment to Western security. We differ on how to guarantee that security.”

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

“I want to increase our spending on research and development by 25%. That's something the U.S. does very well. That dynamism alongside a welfare state in the European community - that's the synthesis I want to achieve.”

“Yeah, in my scripts, I don't tend to describe landscape too clearly because I like to keep it really basic and sort of let people paint their own picture. I don't find it helpful to spend a page describing a setting, except for maybe a few key things.”

“Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.”

“There is no person in this room whose basic rights are not involved in any successful defiance to the carrying out of court orders.”