Viktor Orban
We have to abandon liberal methods and principles of organizing a society.Collection: Society
Xenophobia is dangerous, but patriotism is a good thing.Collection: Patriotism
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.Collection: Death
We must first and foremost defend Hungary's independence and sovereignty, and, if needed, we must regain it.Collection: Independence
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.Collection: Future
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.Collection: Freedom
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.Collection: Marriage
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.Collection: Politics
'I can't get no satisfaction,' in political terms, has haunted Hungarian politics for 20 years.Collection: Politics
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.
Europe can't take in huge masses of foreign people in an unlimited, uncontrolled manner.
There is a clear link between illegal migrants coming to Europe and the spread of terrorism.
We would like to preserve Europe for Europeans.
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.
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.
If you allow thousands or millions of unidentified persons into your house, the risk of... terrorism will significantly increase.
We'd accept Germany either allowing all migrants in or not allowing any in. But whatever Germany decides should only apply to Germany.
We should involve the whole world in the handling of this refugee crisis.
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.
The euro must be defended, or uncertainty about the European Union will be widespread.
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.
Europe is a community of half a billion people, more than Russia and the United States combined.
Europe has the technology, the strategic and economic might to defend itself.
The migration wave can be stopped.
We would be able to deal with Islam if we were allowed to deal with it in the way we think we should.
The obstacle for us is not Islam, but the bureaucrats in Brussels.
President Erdogan has been my personal friend for a long time.
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.
The death penalty question should be put on the agenda in Hungary.
Hungary will stop at nothing when it comes to protecting its citizens.
To be clear and unequivocal, I can say that Islamisation is constitutionally banned in Hungary.
On the taxing of banks, we have to find the level at which they squeal but still pay and open up the next day.
These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
Life starts at conception and must be protected from the first moment.
Boxing is a noble sport.
It would be a sad story to get rid of religious belief, national identity, family, and even sexual identity. That's not freedom.
Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
Europe can be saved.
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.
The Hungarian interest is that, if necessary, we should make loan agreements with the IMF on a regular basis.
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.
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.
If Europe's outer border is not blocked off, it makes no sense to speak of quotas.
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.
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.
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.
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.
We must defend what we have achieved so far.
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.
Many people in Hungary acted shamefully during World War II.