Carles Puigdemont Quotes

If Brazil should decide on separation, let it be under your leadership, since you are bound to respect me, rather than under one of these adventurers.

Catalan politics emancipated from the Spanish politics on September 27, 2015. Since then, we've acted with a sovereign mentality, political sovereignty.

There's no alternative to Catalan independence.

The welfare of Catalonia is only possible outside of Spain.

From that moment on, there will be an irreversible process to separate Quebec from Canada.

I want my own country, not against Canada but for Quebec.

The country shall be independent, and we will be satisfied with nothing short of it.

Independence can only be obtained and secured by a nation that has its spirit raging with determination: Independence or Death!

Some civil wars are caused by one group within a country seeking its independence, while in other cases, the civil war itself leads one group or another to seek its independence as the solution to its problems.

If we allow Catalonia - and it is none of our business - to separate, others will do the same. I do not want that.

I'm not making any secret of the fact I still believe in independence. We'll continue to argue the case.

The Arab Spring reminds me a bit of the decolonisation process where one country gets independence, and everybody else wants it.

The Catalonian movement is quite serious; I don't think it's simply symbolic. I think that they believe that Catalonia can be more successful on its own than as part of Spain.

We're seeing a reaction - and people taking to the streets with pots and pans - in areas where the independence movement isn't supposed to exist. People have to choose between one model and another. Everyone in Catalonia has realised that not taking part means ratifying the politics of repression of the Spanish government.

Sovereignty was not an issue in this campaign. The sovereignty numbers that were there before the campaign are still there. Sovereignty is as alive as it was. But there is work to do to convince Quebecers.

We don't want to deal with a separatist party.

One cannot help being impressed by the protesters. They have begun each day of the protest in Kiev in prayer and all activities are accomplished with a collective sense of respect, kindness, and an intention to conduct a peaceful revolution.

I believe that Greenland will achieve independence during the time I am still active in politics.

When you have people in a geographical area who do not want to be a part of a country, you cannot keep them in that country forever.

The same effort that would get us Dominion Home Rule will get us a Republic.

I wished only the well-being of my country in insurrection and independence.

State Creation: A growth Industry.

Throughout history, countries have sought to expand ….Today, the goal of most wars is too make countries smaller rather than larger.

The right of a State to secede is not an open or debatable question

The time has come. It is Independence or Death!