Quotes from Saad Hariri

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.

The regime of Bashar al-Assad will inevitably go down. And its collapse will be loud not only in Syria but across the Arab world.

Lebanon cannot resolve a question like Hezbollah which is in Syria, Iraq, everywhere because of Iran. It is a regional political solution that needs to be done.

I will not be drawn to building relations with the Syrian regime, which does not want me.

I have a lot of enemies: extremists and the Syrian regime.

I will not accept that a Lebanese political party participates in maneuvers that serve the interests of Iran.

I am not against Hezbollah as a political party, but it should not be the cause of the destruction of Lebanon.

I don't want a political party in my government that interferes in Arab countries against other Arab countries.

I have popular support.

We have a diverse population and have to maintain that and keep religion away from politics.

Iran must stop meddling in the affairs of Arab countries, and we refuse to be taken by Iran to an axis against Arab countries.

There is nothing more precious than our country.

Hezbollah has a presence - it is in the government, and it enjoys support in the country - but this doesn't mean that Hezbollah is in control of the entire Lebanon.

My job and my task as prime minister of Lebanon is to shield Lebanon from any instability like in Syria or Iraq or any other country that surrounds us. My task is to make sure that we have a country that is stable.

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

We believe that the Arab world has been there for centuries, and thousands of years, and it'll keep on continuing being there. All we have to do is work together.

The main problem that we have in Lebanon, and in the region, is we don't have a real peace process and I think this is the main focal problem that we have in the region.

Things have to be straightened out to keep Lebanon away from regional conflicts.

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.

Nobody's going to give you everything on a silver tray. It's going to be difficult.

I believe a relationship with a country is simply bound to the interests of two countries and not by personal issues.

The interference of Iran affects us all.

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

Lebanon is a small country, and we have a saying: as long as you know your size, you know, just try to protect what you have.