“Neither Hitler nor Stalin have been named persons non grata in Pontevedra.”
24 February, 2016, after having been named person non grata in Pontevedra -his place of birth.
As President, 2016
Fuente: 20 Minutos http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2681078/0/entrevista-rajoy-espejo-publico/
“The measures we take harm people, but they are imperative.”
12 November, 2012
As President, 2012
Fuente: 20 minutos http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/1651430/0/encuentro/rajoy-rousseff/espana-brasil/
“«I like Catalans because they do things.”
29 October, 2012, in a promotional video.
As President, 2012
Fuente: El Plural https://www.elplural.com/2012/10/29/rajoy-me-gustan-los-catalanes-porque-hacen-cosas
11 July, 2007, elected blunder number one claimed by Spanish politicians by the British newspaper The Local http://www.thelocal.es/galleries/news/top-ten-spanish-political-gaffes.
As Opposition Leader, 2007
Fuente: El País http://www.elpais.com/audios/espana/lapsus/Rajoy/ETA/gran/nacion/csrcsrpor/20070611csrcsrnac_6/Aes/
“What we have done, which you did not do, is to deceive people.”
2 March, 2016
As President, 2016
Fuente: El Mundo http://www.elmundo.es/f5/2016/03/02/56d6e71d268e3e720f8b45b6.html
“As Galileo said, the movement always accelerates when it is going to stop.”
16 June, 2017
As President, 2017
Fuente: Público http://www.publico.es/tremending/2017/06/13/mocion-de-censura-ha-roto-rajoy-las-leyes-de-la-fisica-en-su-discurso-hablando-de-galileo-o-tiene-la-maldita-razon/
6 May, 2014
As President, 2014
Fuente: El Mundo http://www.elmundo.es/espana/2014/05/06/53688afde2704e95318b4570.html
“Spain is a great nation and Spaniards very Spanish and much Spanish.”
21 May, 2015
As President, 2015
Fuente: La Información http://noticias.lainformacion.com/politica/gobierno/24-m-rajoy-espana-es-una-gran-nacion-y-los-espanoles-muy-espanoles-y-mucho-espanoles_XWkUaFcEVXqsWgtUvuT247/
“To me, being president of the country is awesome.”
3 December, 2015
As President, 2015
Fuente: 20 Minutos http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2620020/0/mariano-rajoy/bertin-osborne/frases-entrevista/
“I work a day 12 hours 40 minutes.”
3 December, 2015
As President, 2015
Fuente: 20 Minutos http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2620020/0/mariano-rajoy/bertin-osborne/frases-entrevista/
“«From the Prestige come a few little glazes with the appearance of plasticine.”
5 June 2002, statement of the Prestige situation, a shipwreck on the coasts of Galicia that produced a massive oil spill.
As Spokesman of the Government of Spain, 2002Á
Fuente: Libertad Digital https://tv.libertaddigital.com/videos/2013-11-12/rajoy-en-2002-del-prestige-salen-unos-pequenos-hilitos-con-aspecto-de-plastilina-6040740.html
“It is the neighbor who chooses the mayor and it is the mayor who wants the neighbors the mayor.”
2 December, 2015
As President, 2015
Fuente: Party meeting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y4eb0mAikU
11 February 2007, during the presentation of María Dolores de Cospedal as candidate for the presidency of Castilla-La Mancha.
As Opposition Leader, 2007
Fuente: Libertad Digital http://www.libertaddigital.com/sociedad/rajoy-defiende-el-vino-ante-la-persecucion-del-gobierno-y-dice-que-no-permitire-un-cambio-en-la-ley-electoral-1276298775/