"We believe that Spain is a unity of destiny in the universal, and we reject all forms of separatism and regionalism because they are detrimental to the national interest. We are not monarchists, we are not republicans, we are not even democrats, we are not anything but Nationalists, and Nationalists above all else. We do not care about labels; we care about the nation. The nation transcends doctrines, political parties, and the pettiness of current politics. We want a Spain where everyone, from the peasant to the industrial worker, from the intellectual to the soldier, contributes to the greatness of our homeland. We want a Spain where justice is not an abstract ideal but a living reality, where the worker enjoys the fruits of his labor, where the land is not the property of a few but the heritage of all. We want a Spain that is strong, just, and capable of taking its rightful place among the nations of the world.
—José Antonio Primo de Rivera, speech at the Teatro de la Comedia in Madrid on May 19, 1935
