We have a great country, we are a great nation - let us trust in it.

I begin my reign with profound emotion at the honour of accepting the Crown, aware of the responsibility it entails and with the greatest hope for the future of Spain.

The crown must constantly earn citizens' appreciation, respect and trust.

Sincere and generous collaboration is the best way to fulfil the legitimate aspirations of each person and achieve great collective goals for the common good and the general interest.

If you do not tell me, I don’t wish to know.

There is an intentional disregard for human health and safety in many government agencies that are tasked with protecting it.

Do you know the times when one seems to stick fast in circumstances like the fly in the jam-pot? It can't be helped, and I suppose the best thing to do is to lay in a good store of jam!

I'm not a designer who is very interested in baroque or in fantasy or in the fantastic side of fashion. This exists and this is important, but I'm interested in the very real dimensions.

We're either going to be dependent on dirty oil from the Gulf or dirty oil from Canada.

The right of self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals.

At such moments, you realize that you and the other are, in fact, one. It's a big realization. Survival is the second law of life. The first is that we are all one.

...you have to use your failures as stepping stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair. In the end it’s all a question of balance.

The trouble with excuses, however, is that they become inevitably difficult to believe after they’ve been used a couple of times.