Despite his religious integrism and racist views, he is considered by many Basques to be a gadfly that sparked the movement for the cultural revival of the Basques, and for the freedom of his people.
Unatoč njegovom vjerskom integrizmu i njegovim ekstremnim stavovima , mnogi Baski ga smatraju začetnikom pokreta za kulturno oživljavanje Baska i za slobodu svoga naroda .