"The government we have right now is a national-Catholic government which has turned this country into a pre-fascist, if not fascist country." Actor Willy Toledo talking about the Spanish Government.
"The Third Republic will soon be born in Spain." Retired Colonel Amadeo Martínez Inglés, aged 74, who was in court to face a charge that he had insulted the King.
"Luis, nothing is easy, but we will do what we can." "Stay strong." Text messages to former Partido Popular treasurer Luis Bárcenas from Mariano Rajoy sent in 2012 and reproduced in the press in July. Bárcenas' so-called B ledgers allegedly showed illegal payments to Rajoy and others.
"Nobody is going to change my ideas with bombs." Senén Pousa, Partido Popular mayor of Beade in Galicia after a bomb went off at the town hall. Pousa is an unashamed admirer of General Franco.
"Premeditated criminal activity." Judge José Castro referring to the Instituto Nóos formed by Diego Torres and the King's son-in-law, Iñaki Urdangarin.
"A heartless deputy in Parliament." Headline in the "Diario de Mallorca" for an article by Joan Riera about the death of the immigrant Alpha Pam. The deputy was the Balearics health minister Marti Sansaloni.
"The Guardia Civil's report is typical of Torrente." Balearics tourism minister Carlos Delgado comparing the Guardia's investigation of alleged irregularities at Calvia Town Hall regarding Radio Calvia when Delgado was mayor to a comic film detective, Jose Luis Torrente. This character is a fascist, a racist, a sexist, a Francoist, a heavy drinker ...
"Trilingualism requires time and the involvement of teachers." David Marsh, educational expert in multilingualism, commenting on the introduction of trilingual teaching in the Balearics.
"In many countries there are multilingual systems and they do not cause this Armageddon that has been suggested." Former Balearics education minister Rafael Bosch speaking two weeks before he was removed about the opposition to trilingual teaching.
"The tread on report." Balearics education minister Joana Maria Camps (the successor to Bosch) translating the acronym PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) into the Catalan verb "trepitjar", which means to tread on, during a session at the Balearic Parliament.
"Always distrust the carpenter who blames the hammer for a bad result." Ex-Balearics finance minister and vice-president Pep Aguiló tweeting about the handling of the economy a couple of months after having been dismissed.
"I have lived close to a Catalanist dictatorship." Partido Popular's Ana Aguiló, a deputy in the Balearic Parliament, expressing her displeasure with Catalan and the "prohibition" of Castellano in the Balearics.
"The president of the Balearic Islands, unlike ministers, holds only powers of representation and direction. Conversely, there are no executive or managerial powers." President José Ramón Bauzá explaining (?) his role in light of accusations that he did not declare business interests which might be considered incompatible with his position.
"It is unacceptable that these reports ignore the enormous effort made by businesses and the town hall to maintain the safety and welfare of tourists and instead present an absolutely crass and sensationalist image." Statement by Calvia Town Hall responding to the BBC documentary, "The Truth About Magalluf".
"Tourism is for the benefit of all sectors not just the hotel. This industry (tourism) has to benefit the most people possible." Antoni Pastor, the mayor of Manacor, criticising the Balearic Government's stance on holiday rentals.
"I was not in Mallorca. I was in an all-inclusive hotel indistinguishable from any other place in the Mediterranean." "Sunday Times" journalist Matt Rudd.
"The misfortune for Spanish tourism is that, generally speaking, it is mass tourism with low spending power." Economist Santiago Niño Becerra.
"Mallorca is Sicily without guns." A bon mot quoted in the German magazine "Stern" reporting on "The Dark Side of the Holiday Island".
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