Václav Klaus

“The idea of a single European state is a dangerous utopia.”

“The EU is a project that is anti-democratic, that is elitist, that is imperial.”

“I feel that the European Union is a great threat to our sovereignty, to our freedom, to our prosperity.”

“Communism was a tragic experiment. The European Union is not an experiment. It is an intentional project to destroy the nation-state.”

“I am an advocate of the free market, of capitalism, of individual freedom.”

“The problem with the EU is that it is not a democratic institution.”

“Global warming is a false myth and every serious person and scientist says so.”

“It is not the climate that is in danger, it is our freedom.”

“I don’t want to be a president who is just a puppet of Brussels.”

“To express my political views is not a crime.”

“I don't think that we are in a moral crisis. I think we are in a crisis of idiocy.”

“I am not a populist. I am a democrat.”

“The danger of global warming is surely not as great as the danger of the Cold War.”

“Environmentalism, not preservation of nature, is a dominant ideology of our time.”

“I have always been in favor of a minimal state.”

“I am not an enemy of the environment, but I am an enemy of the environmentalists.”

“The fight for freedom is a never-ending fight.”