Viktor Orban Quotes

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Viktor Orban

Profession : Politician

Birth : May 31, 1963

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The best migrant is the migrant who does not come.

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Liberal democratic states can't remain globally competitive.

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

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Xenophobia is dangerous, but patriotism is a good thing.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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We are not communists.

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

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We cannot let Brussels put itself above the law.

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

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

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