“Those who have the most, who earn the most, must give an example, because that is important for Spain's collective effort.” GivingImportantEffortExampleCollectivesSpainCollective Effort Author:Luis de Guindos
“Peace is the wish of the French of Italy Spain Germany and all the world, and Great Britain alone the cause of preventing its accomplishment, and this not for any point of honour or even interest, but merely lest there should be an example in the modern world of a great powerful Republic.” WorldShouldWishCausesInterestPowerfulModernExampleAccomplishmentGermanyBritainRepublicHonourSpainModern WorldPreventingGreat PowerGreat BritainGreat Powerful Book:Memorials and correspondence Source: Memorials and correspondence
“Some countries need extra stimulus in specific areas. Something has to be done against high youth unemployment in Greece and Spain, for example. But in the end, there is no way around it: The debt levels have to come down.” WayNeedsEndsCountryDoneLevelsExampleYouthAreasDebtExtrasUnemploymentSpainGreeceStimulus Author:Dalia Grybauskaite
“At the beginning, I thought the best Islamic work was in Spain - the mosque in Cordoba, the Alhambra in Granada. But as I learned more, my ideas shifted. I traveled to Egypt, and to the Middle East many times.I found the most wonderful examples of Islamic work in Cairo, it turns out. I'd visited mosques there before, but I didn't see them with the same eye as I did this time. They truly said something to me about Islamic architecture.” SaidIdeasEyeTurnsFoundWonderfulMiddleExampleEastArchitectureIslamicMiddle EastTraveledEgyptSpainMosquesCairoGranada Author:I. M. Pei