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"We are the envy of Europe and in a few years time we are going to be one of the top countries in the world."

— José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

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More quotes by José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

"In democracy, nobody is above anybody else apart from he who is elected by the people."

"Peace needs and takes time, it needs and takes caution, it needs and takes patience after 30 years of terrorism and violence."

"The earth belongs to nobody except the wind."

"Today things are better than a year ago. But within a year things will be even better."

"During the next legislature, we will aim for full employment in Spain."

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In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.

Ivan Illich Tools for Conviviality (1973)

The laws would not prevent each man from living according to his inclination, unless individuals harmed each other; for envy creates the beginning of strife.

Democritus Freeman (1948)

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

Aeschylus Oresteia (-458)

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