Francisco Franco

Spanish dictator

Modern influential 166 sayings

Sayings by Francisco Franco

One thing that I am sure of, and which I can answer truthfully, is that whatever the contingencies that may arise here, wherever I am there will be no communism.

Unknown — Statement.
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

One thing that I am sure of, and which I can answer truthfully, is that whatever the contingencies that may arise here, wherever I am there will be no communism.

Unknown — Statement.
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

You must sacrifice every thought, every ideology for the good of the nation and for the serenity of our fatherhood.

Unknown — Statement.
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

You must sacrifice every thought, every ideology for the good of the nation and for the serenity of our fatherhood.

Unknown — Statement.
Strange & Unusual Disputed

The whole secret of the campaigns unleashed against Spain can be explained in two words: Masonry and Communism... we have to extirpate these two evils from our land.

1946 — From an article under the alias Jakin Boor in the journal 'Arriba'.
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The whole secret of the campaigns unleashed against Spain can be explained in two words: Masonry and Communism... we have to extirpate these two evils from our land.

1946 — From an article under the alias Jakin Boor in the journal 'Arriba'.
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

Against our country is a communist Masonic conspiracy, unrelated to the political class, which is built on red terror. They do not see the spiritual foundation that to us is honor, but to them — shame.

1975 — His final public speech.
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

Against our country is a communist Masonic conspiracy, unrelated to the political class, which is built on red terror. They do not see the spiritual foundation that to us is honor, but to them — shame.

1975 — His final public speech.
Strange & Unusual Disputed

My solution for the Jews is to send them all to Madagascar.

1940 — Reported statement to a German diplomat
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I am responsible only to God and to history.

1947 — Speech to the Cortes
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

The United Nations is nothing more than a Masonic-Communist plot.

1950s — Private conversation, reported by his doctor
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I have never seen a woman who was not a Communist.

Unknown — Reported private comment
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

We have to exterminate the Masons, the Jews, the Marxists. They are the enemies of the fatherland.

1936 — Statement during the Civil War
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

When I die, I do not want to be buried in a common grave. I want to be buried in a place where I can see the sea.

1970s — Reported private wish
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The only thing I regret is not having exterminated more of my enemies.

1975 — Reported private comment shortly before his death
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

My greatest satisfaction is to have liberated Spain from Communism.

1960s — Interview
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I have never governed against the will of the people, but rather for the will of the people.

1940s — Speech
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

Spain is a Catholic nation and will remain so.

1950s — Public statement
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

I am a soldier, not a politician.

Throughout his rule — Various interviews and statements
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The blood of our martyrs will not be in vain.

1936 — Speech during the Civil War
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable