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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

I hate consensus. I like confrontation.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Even though he's a third-generation San Franciscan, my father's very European in some ways, and he loves wine.

At the end of the day, there's not a day that goes by without a mass shooting.

There's been a gap between perception and reality, the perception being that California is on the cutting edge of gun safety legislation when, in fact, there are a number of areas where we have fallen behind.

A mistake that a lot of us have made, related to those who advocate for gun safety legislation, is that we try to process it through our legislative bodies, and that's where the NRA's strength lies.

If we continue to fight the National Rifle Association on their home court, which is the legislative front, I think we'll continue to be frustrated. But when you have an ability to go directly to the public, that's a completely different field of engagement, and I think the NRA is not adept at that kind of engagement.

I will negotiate with my worst enemy.

When Californians see something we truly believe in, we say so and act accordingly - without evasiveness or equivocation.

I've never been a fan of pretense or procrastination. After all, our state is defined by its independent, outspoken spirit.