Matteo Salvini Quotes

The citizens of Israel come first.

My message is a simple one - the E.U. is not perfect, but Scotland's interests are best served by being a member.

To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.

It must always be America first—America First!

We are not some small landlocked European country who needs the E.U. to make decisions for us or protect us from competition.

South Africa must come first in everything we do.

I am in favour of a different Europe, where each state can adopt its fiscal and monetary system.

The British people have the right to decide - have the right to decide whether or not they want to be part of the E.U. And I shouldn't interfere in this.

We need to put Italian interests before those of the European Union, or at least at the same level.

For the good of the American people, we must place our own interests first.

I campaigned for Brexit because I have always believed that Britain would be stronger, more prosperous and secure outside of the E.U.

Britain could make her own way in the world, outside the EU, if we chose to do so. So could any other Member State. But the question we will have to ask ourselves is this: is that the very best future for our country? We will have to weigh carefully where our true national interest lies.

Politics stops at the water's edge

My view is that those challenges will be easier to meet, those risks will be less if we vote to leave because we will have control of the economic levers; we will have control over money we send to the European Union. We will have control over our own laws, and as a result, we will be able to deal with whatever the world throws at us.

The reason CAFTA should be enacted is not economic benefits: it is national security.

What's a fact is that we give more than £350 million to the European Union and hand over control of that money to the European Union every week.

I try to put myself in others' shoes: How does any country give up any sovereignty and expect to survive as a government? I don't think that any Philippine president, or any leader for that matter, can afford to give up any portion of territorial sovereignty. That would be political suicide.

Nexit is the best thing that can happen to us.

Israel is an independent country with a large army, and it has the ability to do what it thinks is right.

Government should make tough decisions in the larger national interests, even if it upsets the people.

If I was British, I would vote resolutely 'remain' because it's in the U.K.'s interest.

I have always regarded nonalignment as a statement that India's policies - foreign policy - will be guided by what I describe as 'enlightened national interest.' That means we will make judgments on an independent basis with the sole concern being what is enlightened India's national interest.

I think overall our national security is strengthened if we are able to make the decisions that we need and the alliances that we believe in outside the current structures of the European Union.

This clutching hold of the E.U. is a sign of a lack of national self-confidence - which is not healthy.

The people who are backing the Remain campaign are people who have done very well, thank you, out of the European Union.