Rafik Hariri Quotes (22 Quotes)

And on the other hand, we see that the Israeli government is attacking that part of the Palestinian leader.

I never threatened him and no Syrian intelligence officer has ever pointed a gun to his head.

We want to see Israel withdraw from our territory. But we don't want to be accountable vis-a-vis Israel on the security basis, because we don't see, in the absence of a peace agreement, that Lebanon can really be accountable to Israel if anything happens.

Mehlis will go all the way and we want to go all the way. These arrests show that no matter how high the perpetrators are, they will face the consequences of what they did.

We hope that uncovering the truth behind Hariri's murder will show people that you can't get away with murder in Lebanon. The international community hopes to see an end to the series of brutal attacks including Chidiac's.

made it very clear ... that the United States is engaged in the peace process.

is to get the truth behind the assassination of Hariri in response to the demands of the Lebanese people themselves. There are some people who want the truth to remain hidden and are threatened by what the truth may reveal and I think that that's the link with the May Chidiac attack yesterday.

On the other hand, we have in Israel, an Israeli government which has been elected by the Israeli people. Their political agenda is not for peace. They are from the camp anti-peace.

The Lebanese people voted this time for change. So they are not satisfied with the actual situation. They want to see a new government. They want to see a new vision.

A few minutes after the bombings, anonymous callers rang the Al-Jazeera and Reuters news bureaus to claim the attack was the work of a hitherto unknown group called Al-Nasra wal Jihad. (Records show calls had been made to Sheik Abdel-Al from those same phone booths in the past.) Al-Jazeera was told where to find a videotape of a young man named Ahmad Abu Adass, giving his reasons for becoming a martyr ... that Mr. Abu Adass left his home on Jan. 16, 2005 and was taken, voluntarily or not, to Syria, where he has since disappeared.

You know, it is very clear that the Israelis, they don't want this plan and they don't agree.

We would like to see the United States play a more effective role to push the peace process forward,

We should think of the problems of the people who gave us all this confidence, and I'm proud, but I feel responsible.

I have submitted the resignation of the government, and I have declared that I will not be a candidate to head the next government.

Lebanon is a center of terrorism and regional instability, and we have all seen what happened yesterday in this regard,

We need to restore the confidence in the country, first of all.

I prefer to settle this matter after a peace agreement is signed between Lebanon, Israel and Syria and Israel,

We don't think that we are in a quarrel with anybody. We may have a difference of opinion, but we'll not allow such differences of opinion to grow into a problem that stands in the way of reconstructing the country and regaining the democratic path.

affirms to the Lebanese that he will continue to shoulder the responsibility in safeguarding the constitution and the laws.

BEIRUT Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir said yesterday that Defense Minister Elias Murr's comments about threats against Lebanese officials are common, but they have not been spoken about. Had we known more about these threats, then maybe what happened to May Chidiac could have been avoided. Days will reveal what was hidden, ... we would not have witnessed this series.

could not have been taken without the approval of top-ranked Syrian security officials and could not have been further organized without the collusion of their counterparts in the Lebanese security forces.

I think we will soon be able to prove the contrary.