«Galdós sees himself in Spain and Spain, whether it knows it or not, has seen itself in Galdós for a century-and-a-half, and that mirror has not yet been broken or entirely tarnished»
«We are about to be hit by the gravest crisis in the history of our democracy and politics today is an obstacle to our dealing with so great a challenge»
«The feared relapse of economic activity is already a reality, with all its terrible consequences for the business and social fabric and its negative impact on national debt»