“The decisions are made in the moment they are made.”
9 May, 2012 <br class="br">As President, 2012 <br class="br">Quelle: El Diario http://www.eldiario.es/canariasahora/economia/decisiones-toman-momento-tomarse_0_2799957.html
Mariano Rajoy Brey [maˈɾjano raˈxoi̯ bɾei̯] ist ein konservativer spanischer Politiker.
Rajoy ist seit 1989 Mitglied des Congreso de los Diputados und bekleidete unter Ministerpräsident José María Aznar ab 1996 diverse Ministerämter, von 2000 bis 2003 als stellvertretender Ministerpräsident. Nach Aznars Verzicht auf eine weitere Kandidatur 2003 zum Generalsekretär und Spitzenkandidaten der Partido Popular gewählt, wurde Rajoy nach seiner Wahlniederlage 2004 gegen José Luis Zapatero von der Sozialistischen Arbeiterpartei Vorsitzender des PP und bis 2011 Oppositionsführer im Congreso.
Bei seiner dritten Kandidatur errang Rajoy 2011 infolge der Auswirkungen der seit 2008 anhaltenden Finanzkrise eine komfortable absolute Mehrheit und war vom 21. Dezember 2011 bis zum 1. Juni 2018 Ministerpräsident von Spanien. Bei der Parlamentswahl 2015 verlor seine Partei massiv an Stimmen, weshalb er mangels parlamentarischer Partner den Regierungsbildungsauftrag an den Sozialisten Pedro Sánchez weitergab und mit seinem Kabinett fast ein Jahr lang geschäftsführend im Amt blieb, bis ihm nach den vorgezogenen Wahlen 2016 im Oktober des Jahres im vierten Wahlgang die Wiederwahl mit einem Minderheitskabinett gelang.
Am 1. Juni 2018 verlor Rajoy sein Amt als Ministerpräsident durch ein Misstrauensvotum im Parlament. Am 5. Juni 2018 trat Mariano Rajoy als Parteivorsitzender der PP zurück. Wikipedia

“The decisions are made in the moment they are made.”
9 May, 2012 <br class="br">As President, 2012 <br class="br">Quelle: El Diario http://www.eldiario.es/canariasahora/economia/decisiones-toman-momento-tomarse_0_2799957.html
3 July, 2007 <br class="br">As Opposition Leader, 2007 <br class="br">Quelle: Diario de Sesiones del Congreso http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/PopUpCGI?CMD=VERDOC&CONF=BRSPUB.cnf&BASE=PUW8&PIECE=PUW8&DOCS=1-1&FMT=PUWTXDTS.fmt&OPDEF=Y&QUERY=%40FECH%26gt%3B%3D20070703+%26+%40FECH%26lt%3B%3D20070704+Y+CDP200707030269.CODI.#1
1 February, 2011 <br class="br">As Opposition Leader, 2011 <br class="br">Quelle: Público http://www.publico.es/espana/medidas-crear-he-escrito-y.html
“The most important thing we can do for you is what you can do for yourselves”
8 November, 2015 <br class="br">As President, 2015 <br class="br">Quelle: RT https://actualidad.rt.com/actualidad/190886-rajoy-discurso-podais-hacer-vosotros
“«Tomorrow I have the pain of the parade.”
1 October, 2008, Private comment captured by the microphones during the closing of the XIII Interparliamentary Meeting of the Popular Party <br class="br">As Opposition Leader, 2008 <br class="br">Quelle: El País https://elpais.com/elpais/2008/10/11/actualidad/1223713020_850215.html
“This is not like the water that falls from the sky, without knowing exactly why.”
30 October, 2015 <br class="br">As President, 2015 <br class="br">Quelle: Canal 24h https://twitter.com/calcosares/status/638381300873867264
4 February, 2013, during a press conference with Angela Merkel, when asked about the Bárcenas Case. <br class="br">As President, 2013 <br class="br">Quelle: El País https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2013/02/04/actualidad/1359990966_366780.html
“We are feelings and have human beings.”
25 February, 2016 <br class="br">As President, 2016 <br class="br">Quelle: El País http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/02/24/videos/1456319939_010865.html
“A glass is a glass and a plate is a plate”
24 September, 2015 <br class="br">As President, 2015 <br class="br">Quelle: El Mundo http://www.elmundo.es/enredados/2015/09/24/5603d50222601d4c0a8b4584.html
“Exporting is positive because you sell what you produce.”
7 October, 2015 <br class="br">As President, 2015 <br class="br">Quelle: Cadena SER http://cadenaser.com/programa/2015/10/07/la_ventana/1444208611_462223.html
“It is one thing to be supportive, and another to be in exchange for nothing.”
30 June, 2015 <br class="br">As President, 2015 <br class="br">Quelle: Cadena COPE https://twitter.com/cope_es/status/615778637678129156
“A historical figure gives up leaving an unpayable debt.”
2 June, 2014, after the announcement of the abdication of King Juan Carlos I. <br class="br">As President, 2014 <br class="br">Quelle: El Confidencial http://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2014-06-02/rajoy-renuncia-una-figura-historica-que-deja-una-impagable-deuda_139969/
8 March, 2016 <br class="br">As President, 2016 <br class="br">Quelle: El País http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/03/08/videos/1457457914_756232.html
“Sometimes the best decision is to make no decision, which is also to make a decision.”
13 February, 2013. <br class="br">As President, 2013 <br class="br">Quelle: Libertad Digital http://www.libertaddigital.com/espana/politica/2013-02-13/rajoy-es-incomprensible-que-va-a-hacer-rubalcaba-hasta-2015-1276482202/
“We do what we can do means what exactly means, that we do what we can do.”
26 June, 2017 <br class="br">As President, 2017 <br class="br">Quelle: Vozópuli http://www.vozpopuli.com/espana/Rajoy-Conteste-senor-Barcenas-telefono_2_1048115186.html
“Spain is a great country which make things and have Spanish people.”
17 May, 2015 <br class="br">As President, 2015 <br class="br">Quelle: Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.es/2015/05/17/rajoy-espana-tiene-espanoles_n_7300938.html
“¿Do you think before speaking or do you speak after thinking?”
13 June, 2017 <br class="br">As President, 2017 <br class="br">Quelle: Telecinco https://www.telecinco.es/informativos/mocion-censura-mariano-rajoy-lapsus-pifias-trabalenguas-pp-partido-popular-presidente-gobierno-espana-podemos-pablo-iglesias_2_2386680191.html
16 June, 2017 <br class="br">As President, 2017 <br class="br">Quelle: Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.es/2017/06/13/rajoy-cuanto-peor-mejor-para-todos-y-cuanto-peor-para-todos-me_a_22139843/
29 September, 2009, in a meeting in Dos Hermanas, Seville, referring to the tax increase announced by the Government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. <br class="br">As Opposition Leader, 2009 <br class="br">Quelle: Diario ADN http://www.elpais.com/audios/espana/lapsus/Rajoy/ETA/gran/nacion/csrcsrpor/20070611csrcsrnac_6/Aes/
“Roads must be used by cars and airplanes must fly in airports.”
16 March, 2016 <br class="br">As President, 2016 <br class="br">Quelle: La Sexta Noticias http://www.lasexta.com/noticias/nacional/aplastante-logica-rajoy-carreteras-tienen-que-coches-aeropuertos-tienen-que-salir-aviones_2016031600396.html
“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. <br class="br">As President, 2016 <br class="br">Quelle: 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 <br class="br">As President, 2012 <br class="br">Quelle: 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. <br class="br">As President, 2012 <br class="br">Quelle: 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. <br class="br">As Opposition Leader, 2007 <br class="br">Quelle: 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 <br class="br">As President, 2016 <br class="br">Quelle: 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 <br class="br">As President, 2017 <br class="br">Quelle: 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 <br class="br">As President, 2014 <br class="br">Quelle: 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 <br class="br">As President, 2015 <br class="br">Quelle: 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 <br class="br">As President, 2015 <br class="br">Quelle: 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 <br class="br">As President, 2015 <br class="br">Quelle: 20 Minutos http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2620020/0/mariano-rajoy/bertin-osborne/frases-entrevista/