Viktor Orban Quotes

We will not import crime, terrorism, homophobia, and a brand of anti-Semitism that sets synagogues ablaze.

- Viktor Orban

Will, Import, Sets, Anti-Semitism

The leaders of Europe always seem to emerge from the same elite, the same general frame of mind, the same schools, and the same institutions that rear generation after generation of politicians to this day. They take turns implementing the same policies.

- Viktor Orban

Mind, Generation, Always, Implementing

Do you agree that the European Union should be able to prescribe the mandatory settlement of non-Hungarian citizens in Hungary without the consent of parliament?

- Viktor Orban

Union, Agree, European, Mandatory

The foreign policy of the Democrats is bad for Europe and deadly for Hungary. In contrast, the foreign policy of the Republicans and proclaimed by presidential candidate Trump is good for Europe and means life for Hungary.

- Viktor Orban

Bad, Trump, Means, Deadly

The Democrats' foreign policy is bad for Europe and deadly for Hungary. The migration and foreign policy advocated by the Republican candidate, Mr. Trump, is good for Europe and vital for Hungary.

- Viktor Orban

Bad, Democrats, Trump, Deadly

All things considered, defending our borders by building a fence to keep out people is a necessity. There is no more humane alternative when it comes to protecting ourselves. We must act humanely, within the law, while honoring transparency, but with firm resolve.

- Viktor Orban

Resolve, Borders, Humane, Honoring

When a crowd rushes into your house without declaring its intention, it is, by definition, an invasion.

- Viktor Orban

Crowd, Invasion, Definition, Declaring

What sort of Europe do we want to have? Parallel societies? Muslim communities living together with the Christian community?

- Viktor Orban

Christian, Living, Muslim, Parallel

We must make it clear that our problem is not in Mecca but in Brussels.

- Viktor Orban

Problem, Clear, Must, Mecca

If your budget is in good shape and you are not indebted too much, you can do what the U.S. did at the beginning of the '30s - building railways, etc., but when you don't have that, you must be far more cautious.

- Viktor Orban

Beginning, Your, Cautious, Budget

We need to fight to prove to people that it is possible to form an E.U. migration policy that is in line with the Hungarian national interest.

- Viktor Orban

Prove, National Interest, Hungarian

Hungarian communists were the most talented. They convinced everybody that reforming the communist party was better than making a new party.

- Viktor Orban

New, Communist, Everybody, Hungarian

We are looking for rebuilding Hungarian defence Industry with India's participation.

- Viktor Orban

Participation, Defence, Hungarian

Kadar died as a mass killer, and the Hungarian nation can't forget that.

- Viktor Orban

Forget, Nation, Mass, Hungarian

The Hungarian people voted for NATO membership. We are active in the joint actions of NATO.

- Viktor Orban

Active, Joint, Voted, Hungarian

The Hungarian interest is that, if necessary, we should make loan agreements with the IMF on a regular basis.

- Viktor Orban

Loan, Regular Basis, IMF, Hungarian

It is not in our interest to sign economic policy agreements with the IMF, as that unnecessarily limits the room to manoeuvre of... the Hungarian government, Hungarian parliament and lawmakers.

- Viktor Orban

Sign, IMF, Agreements, Hungarian

'I can't get no satisfaction,' in political terms, has haunted Hungarian politics for 20 years.

- Viktor Orban

Politics, Haunted, Terms, Hungarian

Extremism is always potentially dangerous, but in Hungary's political reality, Jobbik and the other far-right parties have no chance of having a major influence.

- Viktor Orban

Always, Other, Extremism, Major Influence

We do not want to go to the U.K. and take something from them. We do not want to be parasites. We want to work there, and I think that Hungarians are working well.

- Viktor Orban

Work, Think, I Think, Parasites

Xenophobia is dangerous, but patriotism is a good thing.

- Viktor Orban

A Good Thing, Good Thing, Xenophobia

Selecting Budapest would not only be a new city and country for the Olympic Games, but put the region on the map. We want to organise the first Central Eastern Europe Olympics.

- Viktor Orban

New, Country, Olympic, Map

A country that does not fulfill its tasks in protecting the external borders has to cope with the consequences.

- Viktor Orban

Country, Protecting, Fulfill, External

Europe can't take in huge masses of foreign people in an unlimited, uncontrolled manner.

- Viktor Orban

Unlimited, Take, Huge, Uncontrolled

We are not communists.

- Viktor Orban

Communists

The Hungarians, by nature, are not extreme. They become more extreme only when they are forced to fight for their freedom, as was in the case in the uprising against the communists in 1956 or the revolution against the Austrian Empire. They will not turn extreme in the name of despotism.

- Viktor Orban

Nature, Will, More, Communists

If Europe does not return to the path of common sense, it will find itself laid low in a battle for its fate.

- Viktor Orban

Fate, Will, Laid, Common Sense

Irresponsibility is the mark of every European politician who holds out the promise of a better life to immigrants and encourages them to leave everything behind and risk their lives in setting out for Europe.

- Viktor Orban

Behind, Encourages, Lives, Irresponsibility

We interpret our agreement with the IMF - our participation in the IMF's system of cooperation - as a borrowing agreement. The IMF sees it as an economic policy agreement. This is not in our interest.

- Viktor Orban

Participation, Agreement, Interpret

We think that without cooperation with the Russians, we cannot achieve our goals.

- Viktor Orban

Think, Russians, We Cannot, Goals

On the taxing of banks, we have to find the level at which they squeal but still pay and open up the next day.

- Viktor Orban

Next, Still, Which, Taxing

Whoever thinks... that the European economy can be competitive without economic cooperation with Russia, whoever thinks that energy security can exist in Europe without the energy that comes from Russia, is chasing ghosts.

- Viktor Orban

Economy, Chasing, European, Economic

If you want to decide the question of migration without asking your citizens against the will of the people, you are fighting a losing battle.

- Viktor Orban

Question, Asking, Will, Migration

Hungary is against the export of democracy and opposes migration.

- Viktor Orban

Democracy, Against, Export, Migration

The migration wave can be stopped.

- Viktor Orban

Wave, Stopped, Migration

When we have sealed the outer border and thus stopped the illegal migration, we can talk about any solution.

- Viktor Orban

Border, Stopped, Thus, Migration

A European army must protect the continent from two sides, from the east and from the south, in terms of protecting against terrorism and migration.

- Viktor Orban

Continent, Protecting, South, Migration

We are protecting Europe according to European rules that say borders can be crossed only in certain areas in a controlled way and after registration.

- Viktor Orban

Borders, Protecting, Crossed

We should involve the whole world in the handling of this refugee crisis.

- Viktor Orban

World, Crisis, Should, Refugee

We must set up large refugee camps outside the E.U. with armed security and financial support provided by the Union.

- Viktor Orban

Financial, Set, Large, Refugee

To be clear and unequivocal, I can say that Islamisation is constitutionally banned in Hungary.

- Viktor Orban

Say, Clear, Unequivocal, Banned

We have promised to support India in its international aspiration. We have agreed to set up a working group on technology.

- Viktor Orban

Working, Set, Up, Aspiration

The main threat to the future of Europe is not those who want to come here to live but our own political, economic, and intellectual elites bent on transforming Europe against the clear will of the European people.

- Viktor Orban

Will, Here, Against, Economic

The obstacle for us is not Islam, but the bureaucrats in Brussels.

- Viktor Orban

Islam, Us, Brussels, Obstacle

These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.

- Viktor Orban

Part, Inadvertently, International

We are convinced that locking Russia out of Europe is not rational.

- Viktor Orban

Europe, Russia, Convinced, Locking

An important notion in Indian political thought that is of great value to Hungary is the idea of peaceful development.

- Viktor Orban

Thought, Important, Notion, Indian

Movement of people is taking place on an immense scale, and from a European perspective, the number of potential future immigrants seems limitless.

- Viktor Orban

People, Scale, European, Immense

Donald Trump has made it clear that he regards Hungary highly.

- Viktor Orban

Made, Trump, Donald, Hungary

Concerning Poland, I can only say that the peoples of Central Europe and Hungary are a community in fate, to the death. Many of us would spill our blood for Poland any time. And vice versa: in an emergency, many Polish people would give his life to protect Hungarians. This has happened more than once over the course of history.

- Viktor Orban

Death, Fate, Poland, Hungary

Hungary does not need a single migrant for the economy to work or the population to sustain itself or for the country to have a future.

- Viktor Orban

Single, Country, Itself, Hungary

Hungary will stop at nothing when it comes to protecting its citizens.

- Viktor Orban

Will, Stop, Protecting, Hungary

We must first and foremost defend Hungary's independence and sovereignty, and, if needed, we must regain it.

- Viktor Orban

Defend, Needed, Foremost, Hungary

It is our historical experience, that Hungary can only live in wealth and safety if Berlin, Moscow, and Ankara are on our side and also interested in our success - even if we do not always agree on certain questions.

- Viktor Orban

Wealth, Always, Side, Hungary

Hungary was the only Central European country that was not able to create a new constitution after the collapse of the communist regime.

- Viktor Orban

New, Country, Communist, Hungary

In Hungary, if homosexuals would like to live together, they can do so under the civil code. But what we call marriage is exclusively for one man and one woman. We are a Christian country. That's a historical fact.

- Viktor Orban

Woman, Country, Code, Hungary

Hungary has no raw materials and no major energy sources; we have some agricultural background. So what we produce here in Hungary is the result of our labor and minds, and then we have to sell it to the world. If we are not able to do that, if we are not innovative enough, if we are not modern and open enough, we can't do that.

- Viktor Orban

Here, Some, Sources, Hungary

The Southern borders of Bavaria are being protected by Hungary.

- Viktor Orban

Southern, Borders, Protected, Hungary

The death penalty question should be put on the agenda in Hungary.

- Viktor Orban

Death, Death Penalty, Hungary

We can set it as a goal that taxes on labor would be even lower in Hungary... that we will have the cheapest energy in Europe, and that all those who want to work would have a job.

- Viktor Orban

Goal, Will, Set, Hungary

Hungary needs Russia.

- Viktor Orban

Russia, Needs, Hungary

Many people in Hungary acted shamefully during World War II.

- Viktor Orban

World, World War II, Acted, Hungary

Hungary has a moral debt to the Jews that it helped send to death camps thirty years after the First World War.

- Viktor Orban

Death, War, Jews, Hungary

If the world sees that we can defend our borders... then no one will try to come to Hungary illegally.

- Viktor Orban

Will, Come, Borders, Hungary

I think that with Donald Trump, the United States will have a president who is not ideologically limited; that is, he is an open person, much more interested in success, efficiency, and results than political theories.

- Viktor Orban

I Think, Trump, Donald, None

Life starts at conception and must be protected from the first moment.

- Viktor Orban

Must, Protected, Starts, Conception

We would like to make it quite clear that we are not migrants into the U.K. But we are the citizens of a state that belongs to the European Union who can take jobs anywhere freely within the European Union.

- Viktor Orban

Like, Within, European, Freely

The euro must be defended, or uncertainty about the European Union will be widespread.

- Viktor Orban

Will, European Union, Euro, Widespread

With a successful center-right party such as ours, it is hard for the radical right to find room to operate. This is why they repeatedly attack us in the ugliest manner. They attack us more than they attack the Jewish community or the 'Jewish conspiracy' - which they believe exists. I am one of their main targets.

- Viktor Orban

Jewish Community, Ugliest, Targets

I don't think that our European Union membership precludes us from building an illiberal new state based on national foundations.

- Viktor Orban

Think, New, Based, Membership

What is the basic principle of democracy? In the end, it is loyalty to the nation. We Central Europeans know from historical experience that sooner or later, we will lose our freedom if we do not represent the interests of our citizens.

- Viktor Orban

Nation, Principle, Sooner, Represent

Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.

- Viktor Orban

Values, Christian, Take, Traditions

My lesson from history is that if there is a strong moderate centrist party which can lead the country, there is no room for extremists from the right or left.

- Viktor Orban

Strong, Country, Which, Party

Is it not worrying in itself that European Christianity is now barely able to keep Europe Christian? If we lose sight of this, the idea of Europe could become a minority interest in its own continent.

- Viktor Orban

Idea, Worrying, Continent, Minority

There is a clear link between illegal migrants coming to Europe and the spread of terrorism.

- Viktor Orban

Clear, Terrorism, Link, Between

There are so many problems in the E.U. that several countries are warming up to the idea that after the single currency, a deeper integration could also be created.

- Viktor Orban

Idea, Could, Created, Integration

If you allow thousands or millions of unidentified persons into your house, the risk of... terrorism will significantly increase.

- Viktor Orban

Will, Allow, Unidentified, Increase

The strongest institution in the hands of the European Union is the euro.

- Viktor Orban

Hands, Institution, Euro, European Union

If somebody takes masses of non-registered immigrants from the Middle East into a country, this also means importing terrorism, criminalism, anti-Semitism, and homophobia.

- Viktor Orban

Country, Middle, Means, Immigrants

Protecting a border is not a nice thing. It is not a matter of aesthetics; it cannot be done with flowers and teddy bears.

- Viktor Orban

Flowers, Border, Protecting, Teddy

According to our estimates, the Hungarians working in the U.K. altogether pay more contributions and taxes than the benefits that they get. So we belong to the world of the fair working people.

- Viktor Orban

More, Benefits, Belong, Contributions

Europe and European identity is rooted in Christianity.

- Viktor Orban

Identity, European, Rooted

The best migrant is the migrant who does not come.

- Viktor Orban

Best, Come, Does, Migrant

Europe is a community of half a billion people, more than Russia and the United States combined.

- Viktor Orban

Russia, United States, Half, Europe

Europe has the technology, the strategic and economic might to defend itself.

- Viktor Orban

Defend, Itself, Strategic, Europe

Europe can be saved.

- Viktor Orban

Saved, Europe

If Europe's outer border is not blocked off, it makes no sense to speak of quotas.

- Viktor Orban

Border, No Sense, Blocked, Europe

We would like to preserve Europe for Europeans.

- Viktor Orban

Like, Would, Europeans, Europe

It would be a sad story to get rid of religious belief, national identity, family, and even sexual identity. That's not freedom.

- Viktor Orban

Religious, Rid, Sad Story, Sexual

We have to abandon liberal methods and principles of organizing a society.

- Viktor Orban

Society, Abandon, Methods, Organizing

We cannot let Brussels put itself above the law.

- Viktor Orban

Law, Itself, We Cannot, Brussels

Brussels' stance against Poland is not just... they should give more respect to the Poles.

- Viktor Orban

Give, Against, Poles, Brussels

As the world undergoes a major transformation, it's the time of significant opportunity and also threat.

- Viktor Orban

Opportunity, World, Major, Threat

Liberal democratic states can't remain globally competitive.

- Viktor Orban

Democratic, Remain, Globally, Liberal

Fidesz's different air and its own culture must be preserved.

- Viktor Orban

Culture, Own, Must, Preserved

Turkey is a safe country. Stay there.

- Viktor Orban

Safe, Country, Stay, Turkey

We must not stop speaking the truth to the radical parties because voters will follow those who speak the truth, and European politics will grow more radical, which is in nobody's interest.

- Viktor Orban

Politics, Grow, Which, Parties

The future or the past - It's very simple: building the future, or a restoration of post-communism.

- Viktor Orban

Future, Past, Very, Restoration

I belong to Helmut Kohl's political pupils.

- Viktor Orban

Political, Belong, Pupils

Boxing is a noble sport.

- Viktor Orban

Noble, Sport, Boxing

All the terrorists are basically migrants.

- Viktor Orban

Terrorists, Basically

President Erdogan has been my personal friend for a long time.

- Viktor Orban

Personal, Friend, Been, Long Time

We'd accept Germany either allowing all migrants in or not allowing any in. But whatever Germany decides should only apply to Germany.

- Viktor Orban

Apply, Germany, Allowing, Accept

The most important thing is to defend the euro.

- Viktor Orban

Important, Most, Euro

We would be able to deal with Islam if we were allowed to deal with it in the way we think we should.

- Viktor Orban

Think, Deal, Would, Islam

When everything is going well, the role of the state in the economy should be limited. When we are in a crisis, it's different.

- Viktor Orban

Crisis, Role, Going, Economy

We must defend what we have achieved so far.

- Viktor Orban

Defend, Must, Far, Achieved

We don't go against the will of the people.

- Viktor Orban

People, Will, Go, Against

Values are more important than money.

- Viktor Orban

Money, Important, More, Values

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