Jordi Cuixart Quotes

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.

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

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.

I am wholeheartedly in favour of an independent Scotland.

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.

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 think Scotland will become an independent country. I've always believed that. It means that if I'm right on that, there has to be another referendum at some stage. But the timing and circumstances of that will require careful judgment.

The welfare of Catalonia is only possible outside of Spain.

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.

As Scots, we certainly want change today, but the change the Nationalists offer is not the change we want or need.

I've always been hopeful about Scotland's prospects. And I now believe more than ever that Scotland is within touching distance of achieving independence and equality.

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

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

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

The weakness in traditional Scottish nationalism lay in its own inability to grasp that identity could not be the only factor in the march to independence.

I desperately want Scotland to be an independent country. I cannot, though, sit here and tell you definitively that it will happen, and that it will happen on this timescale, because I have to respect the opinion of the people of Scotland.

The Scottish desire for independence is, to some extent, a fabrication. They want to identify themselves as Scots but still to be part of a, to enjoy the subsidy they get from being part of the kingdom.

Independence is the only way Scotland can realise its full political and cultural potential in the 21st century.

I want there to be another independence referendum at some stage. I want Scotland to be independent, but I wouldn't choose to have it happen because England votes to come out of the E.U.

No, I don't think I've ever really favoured English independence. My view is that if the Scots want to be independent then we should aim for the same thing.

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

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

My father would always say Kashmiris have made so much sacrifice to achieve something more, but we have a constitution, special status and a flag, and our foremost duty is to protect what we have.