The European Union cannot be compared to the United States. America is a nation, but Europe is not. Europe is a continent of many different nations with their own identities, traditions and languages. Robbing them of their national democracies does not create a European democracy - it destroys democracy in Europe.
Geert Wilders
Unfortunately, there is a tendency among political elites to distrust the opinions of ordinary people. They are perceived to base their views on dark instincts and unjustified fears, rather than on rational choices. European voters, however, are highly educated, and it is ridiculous to suppose they can be easily fooled or manipulated.
It's sad that in the struggle for my country's freedom, I have lost my personal freedom.
Cultural relativism has made it so people don't know who they are anymore.
Europe is my home, Europe is my continent. Europe is where we live. The European Union is a political bureaucratic organization that took away our identity and our national sovereignty. So, I would get rid of the European Union and be a nation-state again.
Excluding certain problems from the political debate by making it a crime to discuss them won't lead to the disappearance of these concerns, let alone contribute to a solution.
There is a perfectly good alternative to the European Union - it is called the European Free Trade Association, founded in 1960. Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein are members. E.F.T.A. stands for friendship and cooperation through free trade.
Stating my views on Islam has brought me to court on charges of 'group insult' and incitement to racial hatred. I am being tried for voicing opinions that I - and my constituents - consider to be the truth. I am being tried for challenging the views that the ruling establishment wants to impose on us as the truth.
Mass immigration changes countries beyond recognition. Ordinary people are well aware of that.
We must have the courage to restrict legal immigration instead of expanding it, even if we sometimes have to build a wall.
It's not about left and right, it's about common people and their issues.
We don't hate Muslims, but they have to integrate.
We want to make our own Netherlands, to close our borders and to keep all that money that we give to the foreigners, there is billions, to Africa for development, to Brussels, to Greece, to asylum seekers in the Netherlands, we will stop that and give all that money to the Dutch people living in the Netherlands.
Wake up, Christians of Tennessee. Islam is at your gate. Do not make the mistake which Europe made. Do not allow Islam to gain a foothold here.
While there are many moderate Muslims, Islam's political ideology is radical and has global ambitions.
We should not import a retarded political Islamic society into our country.
Islam and freedom are not compatible.
I make a clear distinction between the people and the ideology, between Muslims and Islam, recognizing that there are many moderate Muslims.
I want the fascist Qur'an banned.
I am not ashamed to say that our culture is far better than the Islamic culture, which is a culture of barbarism.
We are definitely not racists; we don't care about people's skin color.
I believe that politicians have a public trust to further debates about important issues. I firmly believe that every public debate holds the prospect of enlightenment.
I believe the Islamic ideology is a retarded, dangerous one, but I make a distinction. I don't hate people. I don't hate Muslims.
We can never allow people who use nondemocratic means, people who use violence instead of arguments, people who use knives instead of debates, we can never allow them to set the agenda.
There is no equality between our culture and the retarded Islamic culture. Look at their views on homosexuality or women.
It's not that we have two different kinds of Islam. I acknowledge the fact that we have two kinds of people. There are moderate Muslims and non-moderate Muslims. But there is really only one Islam, and this is the Islam of the life of Muhammad, of the Quran, of the Hadiths, of the Sunnah.
On Islam, it is true that I am tough. Perhaps tougher than I should be if my only aim was to get votes.
We want the Netherlands to leave the E.U., join EFTA and, like Switzerland, negotiate bilateral trade agreements with the E.U. and the rest of the world.
Without sovereignty, a nation cannot exist. Without borders, it can't be defined or protected.
I am not saying all Muslims are wrong or are terrorists or criminals. You will never hear me say that.
Festering political problems do not go away simply because they are kept in a dark corner.
People and nations wither away without the freedom to question what is presented to them as the truth.
I hate consensus. I like confrontation.
Not all Muslims are terrorists, but almost all terrorists are Muslims.
In referendums in 2005, the Dutch and the French electorates rejected the European Constitution, which aimed to turn the E.U. into a genuine state. But Brussels refused to take no for an answer. It went ahead with its plans for a constitutional treaty, notwithstanding the people's opposition. Brussels thinks it knows better than the people.
Dutch values are based on Christianity, on Judaism, on humanism.
My view on Islam is that it is not so much a religion as a totalitarian political ideology with religious elements.
Citizens should never allow themselves to be silenced.
I am not a consensus politician... This is something that is really very un-Dutch.
People hate me, or they love me. There's nothing in between. There is no gray area.
We should wake up and tell ourselves: You're not a xenophobe, you're not a racist, you're not a crazy guy if you say, 'My culture is better than yours.'
I don't believe in political self-censorship.
Prosecuting me as an elected politician for expressing the opinions of my constituents is absurd.
I have said what millions of people think and find. It is a travesty that I have to defend myself in court for this.
We want to decide how we control our borders, our money, our economy, our currency.
We must precisely do what the terrorists prevent us to do.
The Dutch are still allowed to speak critically about Islam, and resistance against Islamization is not a crime.
Freedom is the source of human creativity and development.
Democracy on a supranational level is simply impossible. In order to have democracy, there needs to be a nation.
It's not my intention to have anything at all to do with violence.
