The independence project in Catalonia is... a peaceful revolution, carried out in suit, shirt, and tie.

There's no alternative to Catalan independence.

Catalan citizens are peaceful, European, and open-minded. We want to contribute to better international and European governance.

All we want is to carry out the greatest expression of a free democracy and vote on Catalonia's future. This is not about independence: it is about fundamental civil rights and the universal right of self-determination.

The alternative to independence is decline, because the relationship with the Spanish state is not good; everyone knows that.

I don't believe there will be anyone who will use violence or who will want to provoke violence that will tarnish the irreproachable image of the Catalan independence movement as pacifist.