Una, Grande y Libre – Francoist slogan
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¡Una, Grande y Libre! (One, Great and Free) was a Francoist motto which expressed the nationalist concept of Spain as being:
- indivisble (against separatism of Catalans and Basques)
- imperial (for the lost Empire of South America, and to expand the African one)
- and no sometida a influencias extranjeras (not submitted to foreign influences) in reference to the imagined Jewish-masonic -Marxist conspiracy against Spain
The motto may have been inspired by the triad The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost (Spanish; Padre, Hijo y Espíritu Santo). Note, the Francoist definition of the Church Católica, Apostólica y Romana – Catholic, Apostolic and Roman.
¡Una, Grande y Libre! was often used at the end of speeches, similar to the way Amen is used in church. The leader would exclaim three times España!, and the public would successively respond to each of these shouts with ¡Una!, ¡Grande!, and finally ¡Libre!. The theatre would continue with an almost choreographed script of Arriba España!,¡Arriba! José Antonio, ¡Presente!, Caídos por Dios y por España, ¡Presente!. ¡Viva Franco!, ¡Viva!, or just intoning ¡Franco, Franco, Franco…!
- This excellent article here from Wikipedia in Spanish explains the adulatory ritual in more detail.