Please receive in the name of the Spanish government and the people of Spain our warmest congratulations for your election as Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church and my best wishes for the Papacy which you begin today. [to Pope Benedict XVI]

The corporations and the media don't need power; they already have it.

I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat.

Spaniards have always shown great maturity and great common sense when it comes to voting.

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

My commitment is my commitment.

Were aligning ourselves with Kerry. Our allegiance will be for peace, against war, no more deaths for oil, and for a dialogue between the government of Spain and the new Kerry administration.