Lebanon Quotes

• My Lebanon is a flock of birds fluttering in the early morning as shepherds lead their sheep into the meadow & rising in the evening as farmers return from their fields and vineyards.You have your Lebanon and its people. I have my Lebanon and its people.

  Khalil Gibran

  Morning, Sheep, People

  Khalil Gibran “Selected Short Works of Khalil Gibran”, Library of Alexandria

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

  Saad Hariri

  Country, Writing

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• Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon now presides over the UN Security Council. This means, in effect, that a terror organization presides over the body entrusted with guaranteeing the world's security. You couldn't make this thing up.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Mean, Organization, Hezbollah

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

  Bashar al-Assad

  Real, Believe, Firsts

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• We had Taiwan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Oman open their markets to our beef, and we're excited about that.

  Mike Johanns

  Egypt, Taiwan, Beef

  "An Exclusive Interview: USDA Secretary Mike Johanns". Interview with Sam Gazdziak, www.provisioneronline.com. June 1, 2005.

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• It is even more so when it comes to Iraq, which is a large Arab country with scientific, material, and human resources and is able to accomplish, at the least, what Lebanon accomplished, and more.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Country, Iraq, Able

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• Lebanon can choose to be either a partner in ridding the scourge of terrorism or another obstacle that cows to the most radical elements of society.

  Vito Fossella

  Elements, Cows, Obstacles

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• 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.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Eugenics, Israeli Occupation, Way

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• In the past there was a difference between the conditions in which Hizballah operated in Lebanon and the conditions of resistance operated in Palestine.

  Ahmed Yassin

  Past, Differences, Resistance

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• The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world. In all the countries around the world - Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon - there are more Muhammads than anything else.

  Muhammad Ali

  Country, Turkeys, Names

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. June 2001.

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• We're going to take out seven countries in 5 years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran.

  Wesley Clark

  Country, Iraq, Iran

  "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.globalresearch.ca. March 2, 2007.

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• In Palestine, the Israelis claim they found a land without people,' a Syrian officer explained to us. 'Now they will take southern Lebanon and claim they have found another land without people if these refugees do not return.

  Robert Fisk

  Land, People, Southern

  Robert Fisk (2001). “Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War”, p.130, Oxford University Press, USA

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• I don't think that Israel has any legal or moral justification for their massive bombing of the entire nation of Lebanon.

  Jimmy Carter

  Thinking, Israel, Moral

  ""The US and Israel Stand Alone"". Interview, www.spiegel.de. August 15, 2006.

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• Israel is the number one rogue state threat to Middle Eastern peace with its nuclear arms and acts of outright aggression towards its peaceful neighbours Syria and Lebanon - and genocidal actions against the marginalised Palestinians of the West Bank - and Gaza in particular.

  Mohamed ElBaradei

  Israel, Numbers, Peaceful

  "IAEA Chief: Israel the Real Rogue Nuclear State". glossynews.com. October 08, 2009.

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• I don't think there's going to be peace as long as Israel is occupying land that belongs to the Palestinians, to Lebanon and to Syria.

  Jimmy Carter

  Thinking, Israel, Land

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• Has one hostage from Lebanon come back with a photograph of his abductors? Has any hostage ever come back with a photograph of his abductors smiling? I mean, this was so incredible!

  Dwight Schultz

  Smile, Photography, Mean

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• The actions of the terrorist organizations, Hezbollah, in Lebanon, and Hamas, in Gaza, against Israel are unconscionable. Instead of working towards peace, these terrorist organizations have chosen to perpetuate the violence.

  Alcee Hastings

  Israel, Organization, Hezbollah

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• Once the violence has ceased, the US should immediately call on the World Bank and other international institutions to convene a donors conference to rebuild Lebanon's shattered infrastructure.

  John Conyers

  World, Violence, Should

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• My mother was an immigrant from Lebanon to the United States. She came when she was 18 years old in 1920.

  George J. Mitchell

  Mother, Years, United States

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

  Bashar al-Assad

  Country, Resistance, Divided

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

  Walid Jumblatt

  Israel, Allegiance, Shows

  "Disarming questions" by Rory McCarthy, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2006.

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• Lebanon will be engulfed again in a huge power game that will last quite a long time. This is the tragic destiny of Lebanon.

  Walid Jumblatt

  Destiny, Games, Long

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• I rejected the armed struggle because, as a Christian, I am committed to a nonviolent and peaceful struggle. But people take their own initiatives, because it is a Lebanon type of situation here.

  Mangosuthu Buthelezi

  Christian, Struggle, People

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• Arab leaders worry more about making money from the profits they get from oil and gas that they turn the other way when Lebanon is being destroyed right next to them. Their neighbours are being murdered, but they only make calculations for their own benefit.

  Abu Bakar Bashir

  Oil, Worry, Leader

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• As soon as the legitimate Lebanese government is convinced that the conditions have ripened and that Lebanon is able to maintain stability on its own... Then, the Syrian forces will return to their homeland.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Government, Able, Return

  "An Interview With Bashar Al-Assad". Interview to Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, www.memri.org. June 12, 2000.

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