"Justice is revenge."
"It's very easy to have slogans and rhetoric that people will follow, but eventually the slogans fall away."
"The main problem that we have in Lebanon, and in the region, is we don't have a real peace process and I think this is the main focal problem that we have in the region."
"Nobody's going to give you everything on a silver tray. It's going to be difficult."
"Although sometimes I might sound sometimes idealist or too optimistic but I think my father used to say to me in everything bad there's something good that is going to come out of it and there will always be a tomorrow."
"I don't operate under threats. Full stop. I don't. I don't buckle to pressure."
"Without justice you won't have stability."
"Violence would be a huge gift to those who want a divided Lebanon."
"I believe a relationship with a country is simply bound to the interests of two countries and not by personal issues."
"I have popular support."
"In Lebanon, it's never over for anyone. You cannot write off anyone or anything in this country."
"There is nothing more precious than our country."
"Lebanon first."
"If you want peace, you have to accept the other. Talk to the other, and accept that they have rights."
"If the U.S. decides Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, that does not mean that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. Because the whole world is saying Jerusalem is not the capital of Israel."
"I have a lot of enemies: extremists and the Syrian regime."
"I am not against Hezbollah as a political party, but it should not be the cause of the destruction of Lebanon."
"Iran must stop meddling in the affairs of Arab countries, and we refuse to be taken by Iran to an axis against Arab countries."
"I will not be drawn to building relations with the Syrian regime, which does not want me."
"Things have to be straightened out to keep Lebanon away from regional conflicts."
"Lebanon cannot resolve a question like Hezbollah which is in Syria, Iraq, everywhere because of Iran. It is a regional political solution that needs to be done."
"I don't want a political party in my government that interferes in Arab countries against other Arab countries."
"The interference of Iran affects us all."
"Our problem with Israel is that its leaders always talk about war and security but never about peace."
"Hezbollah has a presence - it is in the government, and it enjoys support in the country - but this doesn't mean that Hezbollah is in control of the entire Lebanon."
