It is not my democracy as a person; it is our democracy as a society.

The criteria or the paradigm for us is not the West, not the Western paradigm, because the West has its own culture, we have our own culture, they have their own reality, we have our own reality.

[Hezbollah forces] cannot exist all over Syria anyway, for many reasons, but they exist on the borders.

The American officials should learn to deal with reality. Why did the United States fail in most of its wars ? Because it always based its wars on the wrong information. So, whether they believe or not, this is not reality.

Opposition is different from terrorism. Opposition is a political movement.

As soon as the legitimate Lebanese government is convinced that the conditions have ripened and that Lebanon is able to maintain stability on its own... Then, the Syrian forces will return to their homeland.

When Lebanon started its resistance it was a small and divided country.