List of political catchphrases

""Sa ikauunlad ng bayan, disiplina ang kailangan." (For the progress of the nation, what is needed is discipline.) - Ferdinand Marcos, former Philippine president."

""I... am... sorry." - Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Philippine president, apologizes after a wiretapping controversy wherein she was allegedly found to have cheated in the 2004 presidential elections."

""Binabalaan ko sila: walang kaibigan, walang kumpare, walang kamag-anak o anak na maaaring magsamantala sa ngayon. At ngayon pa lamang sinasabi ko sa inyo, nag-aaksaya lamang kayo ng panahon. Huwag ninyo akong subukan." (I am warning them: no friends, no best friends, no family members or children may take advantage now. And now, I am telling you, you are just wasting your time. Don't dare me.) - Joseph Ejercito-Estrada, former Philippine president in his 1998 inaugural address."

""She stole the presidency, not once, but twice!" - Susan Roces, widow of defeated 2004 presidential candidate Fernando Poe, Jr.. Roces claimed that Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo had stolen the presidency twice: during the ousting of Joseph Estrada in 2001, and during the 2004 elections, where Arroyo had allegedly cheated Poe of the presidency."

""I will jump headfirst from a helicopter in Luneta if Estrada gets removed from power." - Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Philippine senator, on the impending ouster against Joseph Estrada in 2001."

""I lied!" - Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Philippine senator, after Joseph Estrada was kicked from the presidency in 2001. Santiago recanted her promise of jumping headfirst from a helicopter in the event that Estrada is removed from power."

""Spieprzaj dziadu!" ("Piss off, old man!") Polish President Lech Kaczyński – said to a man on the street during the 2002 Warsaw mayoral campaign."

""Żeby nie było niczego" (So that there wouldn't be anything) Polish candidate for mayor of Białystok Krzysztof Kononowicz."

""Nie pierwszy raz staje mi... przychodzi mi stawać przed Izbą" (this mistake came from the wrong use of the passive voice, which accidentally resulted in the politician using a slang term. A close approximation of this mistake would be: "It's not the first time when I get a hard on... I get a hard time in front of Parliament.") by Polish member of parliament Józef Zych. He was awarded with that year's "Silver Mouth" award as a result of this gaffe."

""Obviamente, demito-o!" (Obviously, I'll sack him!) – answer of the presidential candidate Humberto Delgado, when asked what he would do with dictator Salazar if he was elected."

""Porreiro Pá" (Cool dude) – José Sócrates, prime-minister, to the European Commission's president José Manuel Barroso at the end of the December, 2007 EU summit that led to the Treaty of Lisbon"

""É só fazer as contas!" (It's simply math) – António Guterres, ex-prime-minister to the journalists, after being unable to calculate 6% of the Portuguese GDP"

""Jamais, jamais!" (Never, never) – Mário Lino, Portuguese Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communication, referring to Lisbon's new international airport never being built south of the Tagus River."

""Em tempos de crise, deveria haver um período de 6 meses de Ditadura para endireitar as coisas, depois voltava-se à Democracia..." (In times of crisis, we should have a period of 6 months of dictatorship to straighten things up, then return to democracy...) - Manuela Ferreira Leite, general secretary of PSD, about the current economic crisis."

""Eu nunca me engano e raramente tenho dúvidas." (I'm never wrong and rarely I have doubts.) - Aníbal Cavaco Silva, current President of Portugal, but said when he was Prime Minister."

"Alea iacta est ("The die is cast"), attributed by Suetonius to Julius Caesar on January 10, 49 BC as he led his army across the River Rubicon in northern Italy"

""Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam" ("Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed"), Cato the Elder about one of Romes rivals"

"Veni, vidi, vici ("I came; I saw; I conquered") attributed to Julius Caesar"

""Iarna nu-i ca vara" (Winter's not like summer.) Traian Băsescu's reply, as Minister of Transport, when asked about what measures he took after countless streets and villages were blocked by the heavy snow."

""Iar pe cei care s-au apucat să-mi numere găinile, îi rog să-mi numere și ouăle" (I invite those who started to count my hens, to count also my eggs/balls.) Adrian Năstase's reply, as Prime Minister, after press inquiries regarding his chicken farm, part of a larger set of corruption accusations. He implied the secondary meaning of balls, for ouă (eggs) in Romanian."

""Să trăiți bine" (May you live well) – one of the slogans used by president Traian Băsescu in the 2004 presidential campaign. After he had been elected, Romanians' standard of living did not perceivably improve, and his former slogan became probably the most famous example of empty political campaign promises, used both by Mr. Băsescu's political opponents and by disgruntled citizens as a cynical way of expressing critique and discontent towards his presidency. In 2014, Băsescu mentioned that this electoral slogan was meant as wishing well to the Romanians, not as a promise, and that he was misunderstood, although this very tagline was used in a 2004 electoral poster along various political promises."

""Succesuri" (Wrong plural form for success) spoken by Elena Basescu. It became an internet meme in Romania similar to the overextended use of the internets."

""Есть такая партия!" (Yest' takaya partiya – There is such a party!) – Lenin's reply to the Menshevik leader Irakli Tsereteli, who said in June 1917 that there was no political party willing to demand that the Provisional Government resign and hand power over to it."

""…Мы будем преследовать террористов везде. В аэропорту — в аэропорту. Значит, Вы уж меня извините, в туалете поймаем, мы и в сортире их замочим, в конце концов." (We will pursue terrorists everywhere. At an airport – okay, at an airport. If we catch them in a lavatory, in an outhouse, we will take them out there with their pants down.) Vladimir Putin at a press conference in Astana 1999-09-24."

""Хотели как лучше, а получилось как всегда" (We hoped for the best, but it turned out as usual.) Prime Minister of Russia (1992–1998) Viktor Chernomyrdin at a press conference 1993-08-06 on currency reform."

""Одна смерть это трагедия. Миллион смертей является статистика." (One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic.) Popular quote from Joseph Stalin.:ru:Хотели как лучше, а получилось как всегда"

""Мы будем уничтожать наше ядерное оружие вместе с Америкой." В.С.Черномырдин (We will be destroying our nuclear weapons along with America) (с)Prime Minister of Russia (1992–1998) Viktor Chernomyrdin. He meant "together with America", not "along with America"."

""La reina y yo..." ("The Queen and I...") are the first words of King Juan Carlos' traditional annual Christmas Speech."

""¿Por qué no te callas?" ("Why don't you shut up?"), said by King Juan Carlos to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez at the 17th Ibero-American Summit."

""Puedo prometer y prometo" ("I can promise, and I promise...") The classic catchphrase of Adolfo Suárez, said in the first post-Franco general elections in Spain, in 1978."

""Aznar y Anguita son la misma mierda" ("Aznar and Anguita are the same shit"), said by Prime Minister Felipe González about his political opponents in 1996."

""Por consiguiente..." ("Consequently...") The most famous catchphrase of Felipe González, used in all his speeches several times."

""España va bien" ("Spain's doing well") said by the former prime minister José María Aznar in 1996 three times in a speech talking about the economy."

""Váyase, Sr. González" (Get out, Mr. González) said by José María Aznar to Felipe González in 1996 general elections."

""El poder no me va a cambiar" ("Power won't change me") said by Prime Minister Zapatero in the 2004 general elections."

"¡Manda Huevos! - Federico Trillo, former Minister of Defense and President of the Congress of Deputies"

""Això no toca" (That's not the subject at hand) Jordi Pujol, former President of the Catalan Generalitat Government, when wanting to avoid replying to a difficult question."

""Ja sóc aquí !" (At last, I'm here!) Josep Tarradellas, former President of the Catalan Government, from the balcony of the Generalitat building, upon returning from exile."

""No nos falles" (Don't let us down) were the words used by the people on popular gatherings after Zapatero was elected in 2004 general elections."

"´"En el día de hoy..." said by Francisco Franco at the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) end"

""Vår beredskap är god" (Our [state of] readiness is good), said by Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson on the 27th of August 1939 on national Swedish radio about the readiness state of the Swedish armed forces. In hindsight, Sweden could not have defended itself against a German invasion, partly because Hansson had led a major disarmament campaign since the 1920s. Nowadays, it is used as a derogatory term describing a statement which is obviously false but intended to keep people calmed down."

""Gärna medalj, men först en rejäl pension" (A medal is fine, but proper retirement pay is first priority), slogan for the Social Democrats in the 1958 general election. The medal referred to is the "För nit och redlighet i rikets tjänst" which is usually given as a retirement award, military and civil service alike, for more the 30 years of long and faithful government employment."

""Nån jävla ordning får det vara i ett parti" (There must be some damn order in a party), uttered by C.-H. Hermansson, leader of the Communist Party (present-day Left Party) at a party convention."

""Att vara liberal är att vara kluven" (Being liberal is being bifurcated), uttered by Gunnar Helén, leader of the Liberal Party."

""Nja till EU" (Both yes and no to the EU), catch phrase for the Centre Party in the mid-90's."

""Vård, skola och omsorg" (Healthcare, schools and care [for children, the elderly and the disabled]) The focus areas for the Social Democrats during the 2002 general election."

""Att ställa krav är att bry sig" (Demanding is caring [about people]), catch phrase for the Liberal Party during the 2002 general election."

""Alla ska med" (Everyone [in society] must be on board) The Social Democrats' catchphrase during the 2006 general election."

""Det måste löna sig att arbeta" (It must be profitable to work) The core message of Alliance for Sweden's labour market policy during and after the 2006 general election."

""Freude herrscht!" (Joy is in the air!) The words Adolf Ogi chose to congratulate the first Swiss astronaut Claude Nicollier on a phone call to the Space Shuttle during NASA mission STS-46."