Jose Maria Aznar's Quotes

Because the task of a political leader is to do what he believes is better for his country. Sometimes the public opinion is in favor; sometimes the public opinion needs a little bit more time to understand things.

Without economic development, any potential for political openness and freedom will be questionable.

Appeasement was never a very clever policy, and it should not be our option today.

Disarming Iraq is legal under a series of U.N. resolutions. Iraq is in flagrant violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

I am a quiet man who grows through adversity.

I'm not going to give President Bush any advice. He knows. He knows what I think.

It is our grave mistake that for many years we neglected pro-Western groups in order to avoid any friction with the existing rulers.

It's about living in a world with rules, or a world without rules.

March 11, 2004, now occupies a place in the history of infamy.

My conviction is that the best strategy to defend the West is to defend Israel.

Speak less but act more.

The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.

The harm done to Israel is damage done to the West. And delegitimizing Israel is a delegitimization of the West.

The only message that terrorists need to get is that they're going to be beaten.

We in the West should stand by our core principles.

We saw there was no consensus in the U.N. Security Council. It was impossible, due to the threatened veto by some.

But, you know, once you're in government, very often you need to shoulder responsibility. I hope the new Spanish government will think about this and will therefore act accordingly. I really and sincerely hope so.