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The force of universalism is in you Basques, not in the Spanish state -- Slavoj Zizek
In spite of muzzling the press, imprisoning thousands, and engaging in torture, kidnapping and murder, the Socialist government was still vulnerable to the accusation of being "soft on Basques. -- Mark Kurlansky
The force of universalism is in you Basques, not in the Spanish state -- Slavoj Zizek
The force of universalism is in you Basques, not in the Spanish state -- Slavoj Zizek
Basque is one of the world's more alarming languages. Only a handful of adult foreigners, they say, have ever managed to learn it. The Devil tried once and mastered only three words - profanities, I assume. -- Jan Morris
There is a dreamlike quality to the 1936 Basque government, the fulfillment of a historic longing that was to be crushed only nine months later in carnage the scale of which had never before been seen on earth. -- Mark Kurlansky
Castilian Spanish speaking Spain is big, but is bigger in addition with Catalonian speaking Spain, Galician speaking Spain and Basque speaking Spain. Democratic Spain, Constitutional Spain, can not be separated from diversity and the respect to the citizenship -- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
I realised that the political context had got worse since the 2010 World Cup. I tried to ignore it but I wanted, as a national coach - you may call this Utopia - to make Catalans and Basques feel good about supporting a Spanish side... to unite even the most sectarian and nationalist. -- Vicente del Bosque
When I'm scared - and I'm always scared when I have to face an audience, when I have to read a review, when I publish a book...then, I think of my grandfather. My grandfather was this strong, tough Basque who would never bend....What would he do? Well, he would go ahead, close his eyes, and drive forward. You do it and the spirit that is within you....is there. -- Isabel Allende
Basque and Celt. Criminals and barbarians. I didn't think there could be a more primitive pairing of genes. -- Karen Marie Moning

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