"I am highly at ease and calm because we have a fairly republican king."

"For me, a republican is someone who defends public institutions and democratic values, someone who is a defender of public life, someone who repsects the principles of liberty, so in that sense we are very calm and at ease."

Note: 14th April 2005, during a commemoration to the Second Republic. | Sources: ABC: Rajoy critica el «alarde intelectual» de Zapatero de llamar republicano al Rey (Spanish) | Libertad Digital: Zapatero dice que está "muy a gusto y muy tranquilo" porque "tenemos un Rey bastante republicano" (Spanish)