"Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority wh…"

"At the beginning, nobody wanted to mix the brigades that were organized according to religious sects. When I was appo…"

"We are in a state of war with Israel. Inside the army they will know the leaders of the resistance. They will hit the…"

"Do you know how many Syrian soldiers were in Lebanon? 40 000. Do you know how many there were when they officially le…"

"I said it before Hizballah. For as long as we are in a state of war with Israel, we need to be strong. When there wil…"

"The trouble with Maronites, and just to be frank about it, is that everyone thinks he is a president. This is the men…"

"We are going through critical times. On the one hand there are the fundamentalists, and on the other the elections an…"

"That's why I'm saying you must have a quick ceasefire, because the more the Israelis escalate — the things they're do…"

"In Lebanon, Israel cannot have an influence. Believe me, the best thing now is to stop these ideas about under fire t…"

"You see, Israel can destroy Lebanon. But it will never have an influence on the people of Lebanon. That's different. …"