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.

Cultural relativism has made it so people don't know who they are anymore.

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.

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.

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.

I hate consensus. I like confrontation.

Not all Muslims are terrorists, but almost all terrorists are Muslims.

I am not saying all Muslims are wrong or are terrorists or criminals. You will never hear me say that.

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.

On Islam, it is true that I am tough. Perhaps tougher than I should be if my only aim was to get votes.

People and nations wither away without the freedom to question what is presented to them as the truth.

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.

If one in four Dutch people saying they will vote for my party, it's ridiculous to say we're divisive or extreme.

Festering political problems do not go away simply because they are kept in a dark corner.

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

While there are many moderate Muslims, Islam's political ideology is radical and has global ambitions.

Mass immigration changes countries beyond recognition. Ordinary people are well aware of that.

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.

My view on Islam is that it is not so much a religion as a totalitarian political ideology with religious elements.

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.

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.

It's not about left and right, it's about common people and their issues.

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.

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.

Freedom is the source of human creativity and development.

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.

I make a clear distinction between the people and the ideology, between Muslims and Islam, recognizing that there are many moderate Muslims.

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.

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.

I'm very afraid of being linked with the wrong, rightist, Fascist groups.

We'll never join up with the Fascists and Mussolinis of Italy.

I believe we have been too tolerant of the intolerant. We should learn to become intolerant of the intolerant.

Islam is something we can't afford any more.

I want the fascist Qur'an banned.

We need to stop the Islamisation of the Netherlands.

Not all are scum, but there is a lot of Moroccan scum in Holland who makes the streets unsafe.

Islam and freedom are not compatible.

We should not import a retarded political Islamic society into our country.

The Netherlands has been too tolerant to intolerant people for too long.

Islam is the Trojan Horse in Europe.

Dutch values are based on Christianity, on Judaism, on humanism.