"I am firmly convinced Spain is the strongest country in the world. Century after century of trying to destroy herself and still no success." Otto von Bismark

"Spain is the only place in the world where 2 + 2 is not 4." Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington.

"The Spanish nation is willing to sacrifice every last peseta of its treasury and every last drop of blood of the last Spaniard before allowing anyone to take away even a part of its territory." Antonio Cánovas del Castillo when asked about the Spanish-American war of 1898

"Those who abuse political power create a debt of hatred that almost certainly brings them to a bad end." Isabella the Catholic, first Queen of Spain

“I would rather lose a thousand kingdoms than permit the slightest offense to God.” Philip II of Spain

“For God, for the Motherland and the King” Carlist motto

"Spain, evangelizer of half the globe; Spain, hammer of heretics, light of Trent, sword of Rome, cradle of Saint Ignatius, that is our greatness and our unity... we have no other." Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo

"Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. All things are passing away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things. Whoever has God lacks nothing; God alone suffices." Saint Teresa of Ávila

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