Viktor Orban Quotes
When a crowd rushes into your house without declaring its intention, it is, by definition, an invasion.
Orbán, Viktor. "Speech at the Congress of the European People’s Party." Website of the Hungarian Government, 21 Oct. 2015, Madrid, Spain.
He was retired when he appeared. It was shortly after the September 11 attack and the Taliban Government of Afghanistan was giving sanctuary to Al Qaida and bin Laden. The President had given them an ultimatum to turn them over.
This was an incredible admission for the man who was supposed to resolve the Middle East Conflict where Terrorism was the major issue. He of course could define terrorism but as a diplomat felt that it would not be diplomatic to call terrorists “terrorists” if one wanted to discourage them from their terrorism. He also believed that since Hamas and other terrorist organizations had popular backing, they should not be labeled as “terrorists”. His position is typical of those that many in the United States, Israel and other modern democracies criticize about the United Nations. They argue that diplomatic niceties and attempted face-saving produces an organization that stands for little and condones evil.
He was threatening to shoot another Texas State Legislator, Ramon Romero, with whom he had been brawling on the floor of the Texas House of Represenatives. Rinaldi had claimed that all the Hispanics who were protesting the bill he was supporting were Illegals and called ICE. Romero objected to the Racial Profiling and generalization of many Hispanic Citizens whose ancestors were Texas Citizens when Texas became a Republic.
Viktor Mihály Orbán is a Hungarian politician who has been Prime Minister of Hungary since 2010; he was also Prime Minister from 1998 to 2002. He has also been President of Fidesz, a national conservative political party, since 1993, with a brief break between 2000 and 2003. Under his control it became the most centralized, most homogeneous and most disciplined party in Hungarian history. He supervises communications, long-term planning, daily operations, policy direction, and selection of candidates.
