19 quotes found
"If you're a social democrat, then you think it's cool to pay taxes. For me, tax is the finest expression for what politics really is."
"If two equally qualified persons apply for a job at a workplace with few immigrants, the one called Mohammed should get the job."
"But that has nothing to do with ethnicity. Who's by the way Swedish and who's an immigrant?"
"In other words, we have to stop this beaver woman before she's gnawn apart every welfare system we've got in our country."
"I can not figure out what Swedish culture is. I think that's what makes many Swedes jealous of immigrant groups. You have a culture, an identity, a history, something that brings you together. And what do we have? We have Midsummer's Eve and such silly things."
"We are deeply concerned about the situation in Russia with regards to human rights. There are several examples of this situation, such as the new law requiring NGOs to register as “foreign agents”, the law banning homosexual “propaganda”, problems with the rule of law and arbitrary judicial processes, and court rulings against the opposition."
"There is an alarming increase of violence and harassment against gay people, something that is being legitimized by the regime as they brand homosexuality as something abnormal and dangerous to children."
"I do not take my mandate from the European people."
"There is a constitutional practice that a coalition government should resign when one party quits. I don't want to lead a government whose legitimacy will be questioned."
"It's understandable that in the current situation (due to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine), more people are thinking about security issues. The security situation has changed dramatically in the last week."
"The best thing for the security of Sweden and the Swedish people is to join NATO...We believe Sweden needs the formal security guarantees that come with membership in NATO."
"Taiwan's democracy is an example for the "1 billion people on the other side of the Strait," and it is important for democracies worldwide to unite and help Taiwan defend its values."
"I won't back down. I am a politician you can count on."
"If we can change the textile industry, then we can change everything."
"There are three little words, written at the bottom of every resolution, every report and every legislative position in this house. Three small words that connect us all. United in Diversity."
"Dear colleagues, we must earn and protect the trust of our citizens, by delivering on the biggest challenges people around Europe face today."
"Let us practice what we preach, by making sure our own institution is a front-runner in the green transition – for example, by adding solar panels on the twenty thousand square meters of flat roof available on our buildings here in Strasbourg."
"By exposing your brain to new impressions you are compelled to think new thoughts and be inspired by others."
"I was 10 years old the first time I picked up the phone, and a Nazi told me that I"