Freedom and democracy are nothing but instruments, just like stability. The goal is called progress and growth. Anyone who puts freedom ahead of stability is hurting growth.

Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist.

Whenever you have a war, the civilians and the innocents will pay the price. That's in any war, any war is a bad war.

No government in the world kills its people, unless it's led by a crazy person.

The majority of fighters now are Al-Qaeda. If you want to support them, you are supporting Al-Qaeda, you are creating havoc in the region, and if this region is not stable, the whole world cannot be stable.

You can forge anything these days, and we're living in a fake news era.

Conversely, it is correct to say that bringing about peace would be the best way to fight terror.