If the world sees that we can defend our borders... then no one will try to come to Hungary illegally.
— Viktor Orban
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.
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.
A country that does not fulfill its tasks in protecting the external borders has to cope with the consequences.
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.
Hungary has a moral debt to the Jews that it helped send to death camps thirty years after the First World War.
We are convinced that locking Russia out of Europe is not rational.
The future or the past - It's very simple: building the future, or a restoration of post-communism.
We must first and foremost defend Hungary's independence and sovereignty, and, if needed, we must regain it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
What sort of Europe do we want to have? Parallel societies? Muslim communities living together with the Christian community?
It would be a sad story to get rid of religious belief, national identity, family, and even sexual identity. That's not freedom.
Life starts at conception and must be protected from the first moment.
These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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.
Protecting a border is not a nice thing. It is not a matter of aesthetics; it cannot be done with flowers and teddy bears.
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.
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.
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.
Many people in Hungary acted shamefully during World War II.
We think that without cooperation with the Russians, we cannot achieve our goals.
We must defend what we have achieved so far.
Hungary is against the export of democracy and opposes migration.
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.
When we have sealed the outer border and thus stopped the illegal migration, we can talk about any solution.
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.
Europe can be saved.
When a crowd rushes into your house without declaring its intention, it is, by definition, an invasion.
Boxing is a noble sport.
Hungary was the only Central European country that was not able to create a new constitution after the collapse of the communist regime.
Brussels' stance against Poland is not just... they should give more respect to the Poles.
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.
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.
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.
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.
We have to abandon liberal methods and principles of organizing a society.
Hungary needs Russia.
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.
'I can't get no satisfaction,' in political terms, has haunted Hungarian politics for 20 years.
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.
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.
If Europe's outer border is not blocked off, it makes no sense to speak of quotas.
The Hungarian interest is that, if necessary, we should make loan agreements with the IMF on a regular basis.
Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
Values are more important than money.
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.
The Hungarian people voted for NATO membership. We are active in the joint actions of NATO.
