Manuel Fraga Iribarne quotes
Manuel Fraga Iribarne was a Spanish politician, diplomat, and academic, influential during both Francoist and democratic periods in Spain. Known for his role as Minister of Information and Tourism and later as founder of the People’s Party, his career spanned several decades of dramatic political change. He played a significant part in shaping modern Spanish politics and governance. Here are 12 of his quotes:
The language is named Spanish, not Castillian! Spanish is the language of everybody. It has become the language of Spain already [...] Catalonia was occupied by Felipe IV, by Felipe V (who defeated the Catalans), it was bombed by general Espartero, who was a revolutionary general, and we occupied it in 1939 and we are prepared to take the rifle again. Therefore, you shall guess what to expect. Here I have my rifle to use it again.
Manuel Fraga Iribarne
It is obious that the glorious day of July, 18, 1936 [Franco's coup d'état] was one of the nicest political and social movements that the world remembers. Historians shall admit that the most and best part of the country was the one who raised against the governement, illegal and corrupt, who was preparing the darkest red revolution from the power.
Manuel Fraga Iribarne
