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“If you're successful, you must express a modest appearance.”
“I am proud that in the Netherlands I can come out for my homosexuality, and I'd like to keep it that way.”
“In Holland, homosexuality is treated the same way as heterosexuality. In what Islamic country does that happen?”
“If Turkish or Moroccan boys misbehave here, it's up to us to re-educate them and, when necessary, to punish them.”
“Moroccan boys never steal from Moroccans.”
“My policies are multi-ethnic and certainly not racist.”
“Le Pen is a petit bourgeois nationalist.”
“The annual stream of tens of thousands of newcomers, who largely end up as illegal aliens, must stop. Full is full. We're living on a small piece of land here.”
“When I become prime minister, I'm going to buy one of those Margaret Thatcher handbags, and I'll bang it on the table and demand my money back from the government for past bad services.”
“I am appalled by Le Pen's anti-Semitic past and feelings. A man who says the Holocaust is no more than a footnote in history is beyond my comprehension.”
“The Netherlands is not an immigration country. The annual stream of tens of thousands of newcomers, who largely end up as illegal aliens, must stop.”
“We have equality of men and women in western society, whereas in Islamic culture, women are inferior to men.”
“Why they vote for me is irrelevant, but if they do, they're in safe hands.”
“I have traveled a lot in the world, and wherever Islam is in charge, it's just terrible.”
“Christianity and Judaism have gone through the laundromat of humanism and enlightenment, but that is not the case with Islam.”
“This is a full country. I think 16 million Dutchmen are about enough.”
“There is tension between the values of modern society and the principles of Islam.”
“An imam should be able to say that homosexuals are worse than pigs. My only demand is that you mustn't incite violence.”
“Modern society places an emphasis on individual responsibility, whereas Islam places an emphasis on collective responsibility and the family.”
“If something happens to me, the government is co-responsible.”