Top 114 Quotes & Sayings by Matteo Salvini - Page 2

With Islam, there's the Sharia. There's the Islamic law which prevails, and as long as it doesn't distinguish between God and the state, it's a problem.

Racist means thinking more highly of another, being superior to another. I don't feel better or superior - white, black, yellow, all the same.

We need to increase deportations.

Italy no longer wants to be a servant to silly rules.

Unfortunately, you need to keep Italian Roma in Italy.

I'm a federalist.

We have created a ministry of the family to work on fertility, nurseries, on a fiscal system which takes large families into account.

I am and I will remain a populist, because those who listen to the people are doing their job, whereas the radical chic who disgust workers are no longer wanted by the people.

We want to give a voice to all the good people of the South.

I want to change Italy and get the economy back on track.

We need to review treaties to make them reflect our national interest.

We do not accept lessons on rights or humanity from Mr. Macron.

The national interest is the priority. If not, what's the point in continuing to give money to the E.U.?

Renzi is a pawn. Renzi is a dumb slave at the disposal of nameless people who want to control all of our lives from Brussels.

Let the French ministers take care of France; we will take care of Italy!

In my opinion, Islam is an outdated religion. It's not modern. And therefore, there's too much space for violence.

A country which does not create children is destined to die.

Italian ports are no longer at the disposal of traffickers.

Israel is one of the greatest and most modern democracies on the planet.

Everyone who votes for us will know that a Northern League government would get rid of the euro and move back to a national currency.

Centuries of history risk disappearing if Islamization, which up until now has been underestimated, gains the upper hand.

We are under attack. Our culture, society, traditions, and way of life are at risk.

The only antidote to racism - and the Italians are anything but racist - is to return to a respect for laws and regulations and monitor who enters and who leaves this country.

Let's take back our currency; then we can discuss at what conditions we can stay in the E.U.

Soros wants to fill Italy and Europe with migrants.

No one will ever manage to convince me that the Fornero law is right and should not be changed.

We will work to modify and remove some European parameters, but regarding the euro, I remain convinced that the single currency is destined to end: not because I want it but because the facts, common sense, and the real economy dictate it.

If Macron thinks there is no immigration crisis in Italy, he should open his doors to the 9,000 migrants France agreed to welcome from Italy in accordance with signed European agreements.

Unfortunately, a certain type of Islam ghettoizes itself and is incompatible with our society. And it amazes me that some within the Catholic hierarchy act as if they do not understand.

We are in Europe, and we want a Europe that does few things and does them well, one that recognizes people's identities, languages, etc.

I tell the truth and they call me a fascist, a racist, an ugly, dirty, nasty, xenophobic populist.

It is evident that the fanatical interpretation of the Koran is incompatible with our values of freedom and with Christian values.

There's water on Mars, and there's life beyond Brussels.

Anti-Semites are imbeciles and delinquents.

I don't want to leave euro or leave the European Union.

The defense of our values and our identity requires regulation of the Islamic presence and Islamic organizations in Italy.

I don't have to justify myself every time I go to Israel.

Europe advises, sometimes threatens, and tells us, 'You should make a budget of 10 billion euros in taxes.' Are they joking? The last thing that Italy needs is taxes.

An Italy that collects lower taxes, that has well-defined times for the court proceedings, and that has less bureaucracy is good news that reassures the markets.

The so-called 'far right' defends the working class far more than the left does.

If tomorrow morning Brussels should decide to let Turkey in, Italians wouldn't be free to oppose it, neither in Parliament nor through a referendum. A

We need to push our border across the Mediterranean - hoping that Libya can find a new balance as soon as possible.

First of all we need to move past the euro.

Statistics tell us that of the 500,000 people who arrived, those who are granted political asylum are more or less 10 percent. I mean those who are fleeing from war, from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, parts of Nigeria. Welcoming them, in all of these cases, is our duty. For illegals, though, expulsion is needed.

If Rome gets to decide everything for the north and for the south, it's not a good and just thing.

I don't understand why Italians should be bound to Brussels's choices without being able to express themselves through a referendum.

I'm a federalist. I believe in the Italy of municipalities, of the Renaissance, not in Mussolini's centralization.

Good relations with Russia are great news. Putting a stop to the [Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership] is great news. Defending American industry against the invasion of Chinese products. Renegotiating the role of NATO. And a similar approach on the issue of immigration. This is all great news.

In Italy there are two emergencies. This is what I hear, and this is what all the stats say. Employment and security.

In Italy there are 5 million legal migrants. They're integrated, and they're welcome. The problem of the Muslim presence is increasingly worrying. There are more and more clashes, more and more demands. And I doubt the compatibility of Italian law with Muslim law, because it's not just a religion but a law. And problems can be seen in Great Britain as well as in Germany, so reassessing our coexistence is fundamental.

We don't need a strongman. But we need a strong country that is not subordinate to Europe. With its own currency, for example.

The euro is a failed currency, a wrong currency, a failed experiment.

I don't believe that either fascism or communism is the solution or that they may come back on this earth.

Italians cannot vote on international treaties.