Lebanon Quotes

Lebanon is a small country, weak, an army with very humble capabilities.

— Hassan Nasrallah

“Lebanon: the country where everyone wants a piece while we want peace.”

— Sandra Chami Kassis

I was born in the middle of Lebanon's civil war.

— Yasmine Hamdan

Nothing is safe [in Lebanon], as simple as that.

— Dan Halutz

Lebanon does not have a powerful army.

— Richard Engel

Those who liberated the South from Israel must show allegiance to Lebanon.

— Walid Jumblatt

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

— Saad Hariri

Israel lost their power to intimidate during the second war with Lebanon.

— Hassan Nasrallah

At this moment, my soul is in Lebanon, my heart in Paris, and my body in New York.

— Ameen Rihani

I've been to Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait for brief visits at conferences, and they are very interesting countries.

— Samuel P. Huntington

Lebanon is our country, and in it we are staying (as a minority christians).

— Samir Geagea

My name means 'hope' in Arabic, and I was born when there was a war in Lebanon.

— Amal Clooney

We are prepared for any action that may be required in Gaza, Lebanon, and in additional areas.

— Yoav Gallant

Lebanon is a Syrian protectorate. The Lebanese dare not do anything without the approval of Damascus.

— Yitzhak Rabin

If the [captured Israeli] soldiers are not returned, we will turn Lebanon's clock back 20 years.

— Dan Halutz

I don't want to be the policeman of Lebanon. It's not the business of Israel. Israel was not created to serve as…

— Yitzhak Rabin

When Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982, the U.N. vetoed several resolutions right away, calling for an end to the fighting and so…

— Noam Chomsky

That U.N. Security Council resolution requires getting Syrian troops and intelligence officials out of Lebanon so that the Lebanese can have elections…

— Stephen Hadley

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

— Saad Hariri

If we pulled out of Iraq tomorrow, Islamic jihadism is on the rise. And they continue, as we see in Lebanon, to…

— Zach Wamp

What is being talked about now is the probability of the Sharon government launching an attack against Lebanon to eliminate the resistance…

— Hassan Nasrallah

“It's as though you had lost an arm or leg but still instinctively reach out to feel your missing limb or try…

— Zeina Kassem

I wrote those poems for myself, as a way of being a soldier here in this country. I didn't know the poems…

— June Jordan

There will be no solution in Lebanon until there is a general solution of Israel and the Palestinian people. There will be…

— David Dellinger

“I am from Lebanon, from Beirut and Saida I am from the ground underneath my home I am from the trees, the…

— Talal Kassem Zeina Kassem

“Grief is shameless; it refuses to be ignored. If you let it have its way, it becomes fatal. If you try to…

— Zeina Kassem

Any assassination is an assassination. It's cold, it's terrible. I'm against any capital punishment. Only the Lord has the right to take…

— Shimon Peres

The invasion of Lebanon by Israel .. is a monstrous injustice. I side with the resistance to that injustice. Hizbollah is leading…

— George Galloway

America's real plan is to fuel a civil war, while the national plan is for all Lebanese to live in peace with…

— Hassan Nasrallah

Take a look at the Supreme Court decision that just authorized an effort by U.S. claimants against Iran for terrorist acts. What…

— Noam Chomsky

Spring is beautiful everywhere, but it is more than beautiful in Lebanon. Spring is the spirit of an unknown God speeding through…

— Khalil Gibran

People in the United States don't like to hear it, but puritanical Islam has been on the rise because of our unequivocal…

— Khaled Abou El Fadl

“1. Bangladesh… In 1971 ... Kissinger overrode all advice in order to support the Pakistani generals in both their civilian massacre policy…

— Christopher Hitchens

I was not in favor of U.S. troops in Lebanon. And I voted against it.

— John Kasich

I'm from Lebanon, and I've been exposed a lot to Syria.

— Haaz Sleiman

My family played a part in bringing communism to Lebanon.

— Yasmine Hamdan

“Arab' is the new four-letter word, didn't you know?”

— Anissa Rafeh

When Lebanon started its resistance it was a small and divided country.

— Bashar al-Assad

Lebanon is our country, and in it we are staying.

— Samir Geagea

We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs.

— Bashar al-Assad