Quotes from Viktor Orban

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

Europe can be saved.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Xenophobia is dangerous, but patriotism is a good thing.

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

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

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

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

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.

Europe and European identity is rooted in Christianity.

The migration wave can be stopped.

We cannot let Brussels put itself above the law.

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

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

We are not communists.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.