Carles Puigdemont Quotes

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.

The welfare of Catalonia is only possible outside of Spain.

I express Catalonia's wish of being in the E.U. We'll see what happens.

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

We must have serious dialogue between Catalonia and the Spanish state on a referendum, on independence, and on how a separation from Spain - if that's what the Catalan people choose - would be accomplished.

Do you really think that the Catalans will end their struggle for their right of self-determination because of a legal decision?

I think that what the majority of Catalan society wants is a relationship between its distinct region and the rest of the country.

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.

I want to govern provincially no more. I want national independence … I took time for this decision because I know all the perils of this mission. I want to ask you to struggle also in order that our country can be born in the near future

From Kurdistan to Catalonia to Scotland, from Syria to Chechnya to South Sudan, from indigenous communities in the Andean nations to tribal communities in sub-Saharan Africa, many people are shifting their primary political identities away from the nation-states in which they lived for many generations.

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

If Madrid does not want an accord, and the majority of Catalans want an independent state, how can you avoid that?

Our plan is what the Scottish government had with the U.K. It's an agreement to consult over the independence of Catalonia. And we will not abandon this plan until the end.

What I believe is this: Catalunya is not Spain, it is something else and you have to feel it.

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.

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

There will be no annexation of ourselves or our territory to an independent Quebec without our consent.

We want an independent Quebec within a strong and united Canada.

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

Everyone from Silesians to Sicilians to Scots seems to want autonomy or independence. The British voted to leave the European Union, and hostility to the superstate is rising across the continent.

There is a wind of nationalism and freedom blowing round the world, and blowing as strongly in Asia as elsewhere.

Like millions of Scots, I've agonised over whether to go for independence or remain with the Union.

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

Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.

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