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Mariano Rajoy
34 quotes
“From the Prestige come a few little glazes with the appearance of plasticine.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: statement of the Prestige situation, a shipwreck on the coasts of Galicia that produced a massive oil spill. Libertad Digital (5 June 2002)
“I want to convey to the Spaniards a message of hope. ETA is a great nation; Spain, sorry, it's a great nation.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: elected blunder number one claimed by Spanish politicians by the British newspaper The Local. El País (11 July, 2007)
“Some aspects of the Spanish economy are going well, [...] but it is not because you govern [...] What has been your main virtue as a ruler? Not ruining the economy, and therefore I applaud. He could have razed everything he found, [...] but no, he had the right to leave the economy as it was before.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Diario de Sesiones del Congreso (3 July, 2007)
“Long live the wine!”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: during the presentation of María Dolores de Cospedal as candidate for the presidency of Castilla-La Mancha. Libertad Digital (11 February 2007)
“Tomorrow I have to attend to that pain of the parade.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Private comment captured by the microphones during the closing of the XIII Interparliamentary Meeting of the Popular Party El País (1 October, 2008)
“You are going to raise VAT on this child who came here! The marshmallows! You are going to raise VAT on the marshmallows!”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in a meeting in Dos Hermanas, Seville, referring to the tax increase announced by the Government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. Diario ADN (29 September, 2009)
“A truly remarkable thing has happened to me, that I have written it here and I do not understand my handwriting.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Público (1 February, 2011)
“The decisions are made in the moment they are made.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: El Diario (9 May, 2012)
“I like Catalans. They do stuff.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in a promotional video. El Plural (29 October, 2012)
“The measures we make harm people, but they are imperative.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 20 minutos (12 November, 2012)
“Everything that has been published is false, except something, which is what the media has published.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: during a press conference with Angela Merkel, when asked about the Bárcenas Case. El País (4 February, 2013)
“Sometimes the best decision is to make no decision, which entails making a decision.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Libertad Digital (13 February, 2013)
“A historical figure gives up leaving an unpayable debt.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: after the announcement of the abdication of King Juan Carlos I. El Confidencial (2 June, 2014)
“You can not be an absurd optimist, but you also can not have a sad or cramped approach because at the moment so is out of reality.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: El Mundo (6 May, 2014)
“It is the neighbor who chooses the mayor and it is the mayor who wants the neighbors to be the mayor.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Party meeting (2 December, 2015)
“To me, being president of the country is awesome.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 20 Minutos (3 December, 2015)
“I work a day 12 hours 40 minutes.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 20 Minutos (3 December, 2015)
“Exporting is positive because you sell what you produce.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cadena SER (7 October, 2015)
“The most important thing we can do for you is what you can do for yourselves.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: RT (8 November, 2015)
“This is not like the water that falls from the sky, without knowing exactly why.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Canal 24h (30 October, 2015)
“And the European one?”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: during an interview in Onda Cero. After being informed that, in the case of Catalonia becoming independent, Catalans could stroll freely around Spain and the European Union, since they would maintain the Spanish nationa…
“A glass is a glass and a plate is a plate.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: El Mundo (24 September, 2015)
“It is one thing to be supportive, and another to ask for things in exchange of nothing.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cadena COPE (30 June, 2015)
“Spain is a great nation and Spaniards very Spanish and much Spanish.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: La Información (21 May, 2015)
“Spain is a great country which make things and have Spanish people.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Huffington Post (17 May, 2015)
“Neither Hitler nor Stalin have been named persona non grata in Pontevedra.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: after having been named person non grata in Pontevedra -his place of birth. 20 Minutos (24 February, 2016)
“We are feelings and have human beings.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: El País (25 February, 2016)
“What we have done, which you did not do, is deceiving people.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: El Mundo (2 March, 2016)
“We have to manufacture machines that allow us to continue manufacturing machines, because what machines will never do is to manufacture machines in turn.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: El País (8 March, 2016)
“Roads must be used by cars and airplanes must fly in airports.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: La Sexta Noticias (16 March, 2016)
“Do you think before speaking or do you speak after thinking?”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Telecinco (13 June, 2017)
“As Galileo said, the movement always accelerates when it is going to stop.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Público (16 June, 2017)
“The worse the better for all and the worse for all the better, the better for me, in your political benefit.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Huffington Post (16 June, 2017)
“We do what we can do means what exactly means, that we do what we can do.”
Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Vozópuli (26 June, 2017)