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.

Every country has criminals who have to be fought. They can exist anywhere, including the government or the army - or outside the government and army.

The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy.

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

I never rejected any responsibility, but that depends on the decision.

To have opposition ? We have it, and you can go and meet with them. We have some of them within the government, we have some of them outside the government. They are opposition. We have it.

[Barack] Obama can draw lines for himself and his country, not for other countries. We have our red lines, like our sovereignty, our independence, while if you want to talk about world red lines, the United States used depleted uranium in Iraq, Israel used white phosphorus in Gaza, and nobody said anything. What about the red lines ? We don't see red lines. It's political red lines.