Quotes from Viktor Orban

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Hungary needs Russia.

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

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

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

Many people in Hungary acted shamefully during World War II.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The best migrant is the migrant who does not come.