Viktor Orban Quotes

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.

To be called a sovereign nation, a nation has to be able to control its own borders. It is controlling your own destiny in a way, and we don't control our own borders.

NATO believes it can pick on a small nation and force us to surrender our independence. And that is where NATO miscalculated. You are not willing to sacrifice lives to achieve our surrender. But we are willing to die to defend our rights as an independent sovereign nation.

The very heart of being a sovereign nation is providing security of one's borders, of one's internal situation, and security against anyone attacking one's nation. That is the very heart of what I believe is sovereignty.

All members will refrain in their international relations from the threat or the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.

There is no nation on the earth that wants, for its security, to depend on anybody else.

We do not want a single foot of foreign territory; but of our territory we shall not surrender a single inch to anyone.

Without sovereignty, a nation cannot exist. Without borders, it can't be defined or protected.

Try to think for your own why the Russians and the Chinese do not like the idea that whoever takes aggressive steps to keep order within his sovereign borders should not accept others to intervene physically.

For us, sovereignty of Syria is very important.

Self-ruled Taiwan cannot be expected to accept such an affront to the legitimacy of its government and the self-determination of the Taiwanese people.

There are both things in international law: the principle of territorial integrity and right to self-determination.

Historically, we were always complaining about others interfering in our domestic and national issues.

My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all.

You know, we do not want the militarization of Haiti. We do not see a Haitian as a protectorate where it relinquishes its own sovereignty.

As a nation we have the right to decide our own affairs, to mould our own future. This does not pose any danger to anybody. Our nation is fully aware of the responsibility for its own fate in the complicated situation of the contemporary world.

No foreigner has a place asking another people, another country, to change their constitution.

I have always thought that Israel, as an independent and sovereign nation, had a right to defend itself.

Sovereignty is as necessary as ever.

It is probable that England will look favorably upon the independence of the Philippines, for it will open their ports to her and afford greater freedom to her commerce.

I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way.

Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government.

President Obama's consistent agenda has been to weaken the United States and our allies in pursuit of a more 'balanced' global power structure.

Everyone should respect the sovereignty of the EU countries.

Usually Mexico, or always Mexico has defended itself and its territory.