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“We have to abandon liberal methods and principles of organizing a society.”
“Europe is a community of half a billion people, more than Russia and the United States combined.”
“The euro must be defended, or uncertainty about the European Union will be widespread.”
“We should involve the whole world in the handling of this refugee crisis.”
“The strongest institution in the hands of the European Union is the euro.”
“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.”
“On the taxing of banks, we have to find the level at which they squeal but still pay and open up the next day.”
“The future or the past - It's very simple: building the future, or a restoration of post-communism.”
“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.”
“A country that does not fulfill its tasks in protecting the external borders has to cope with the consequences.”
“The most important thing is to defend the euro.”
“We are looking for rebuilding Hungarian defence Industry with India's participation.”
“Hungary needs Russia.”
“We would like to preserve Europe for Europeans.”
“Hungary has a moral debt to the Jews that it helped send to death camps thirty years after the First World War.”
“We think that without cooperation with the Russians, we cannot achieve our goals.”
“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.”
“We are convinced that locking Russia out of Europe is not rational.”
“Hungary was the only Central European country that was not able to create a new constitution after the collapse of the communist regime.”
“Hungary will stop at nothing when it comes to protecting its citizens.”