I don't operate under threats. Full stop. I don't. I don't buckle to pressure.

It's very easy to have slogans and rhetoric that people will follow, but eventually the slogans fall away

Violence would be a huge gift to those who want a divided Lebanon.

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.

In Lebanon, it's never over for anyone. You cannot write off anyone or anything in this country.

I don't operate under threats. Full stop. I don't. I don't buckle to pressure.

The Arab and Islamic nation has lost a great man and one of its fearless men who dedicated his life to the service of the people of this nation and their aspirations.