RAFIK HARIRI QOUTES

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

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

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. Rafik Hariri

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. Rafik Hariri

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. Rafik Hariri

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

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. Rafik Hariri

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

You know, the irony in our situation is the following. That we have public opinion in the Arab world who is supporting the peace initiative and the peace plan and the government - all the governments in the Arab world are for it and they support it. And they vote for it 100 percent. Rafik Hariri

Made it very clear ... that the United States is engaged in the peace process. Rafik Hariri

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

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. Rafik Hariri