Saad Hariri Quotes

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

There is not going to be a peace process unless there is talks involving Israel, Hezbollah and Hamas, and I think everyone knows that.

Peace initiatives, the so-called peaceful solutions, and the international conferences to resolve the Palestinian problem, are all contrary to the beliefs of the Islamic Resistance Movement.

Negotiations in pain and frustration for 5 years is better than bullets for 5 minutes.

We call upon all warring parties in the world to lay down their arms and pursue the path of peace, dialogue, and inclusive resolution of disputes.

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

Peace in Palestine is inevitable. The question is how do we make it happen today.

It's necessary for Israelis and Palestinians to make the compromises that are required to get the direct talks back on track.

In Turkey, we have lived almost everything that could be lived; war and torture... The war concept was consumed to its limits. But there is only one way we have not tried: negotiations, peace, and talking.

If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

It is the hope of the European Union that Ariel Sharon will keep the peace process alive and continue the dialogue according to the wishes of all the parties involved.

People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.

Our response has been, 'Well, let's then make an effort to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to sit around the table.' That hasn't happened. So we only have ourselves to blame for this crisis.

Peace in the Middle East isn't going to be created by another war or violent act on the other side.

Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.

My colleagues and I have gone in the footsteps of our predecessors since the very first day we were called by our people to care for their future. We went any place, we looked for any avenue, we made any effort to bring about negotiations between Israel and its neighbors, negotiations without which peace remains an abstract desire.

The difficulties of peace are better than the agony of war

The world will not find rest by just saying "peace.

Peace has its price, but it is much less expensive than war.

There is no such thing as a conflict that cannot be ended.

There is no better way to make peace than to talk in each other's home. Avoiding such talks is a denial of the purpose of the negotiations.

I assure you, Ladies and Gentlemen, that we shall discover ourselves in peace more than we have with war and confrontation, as I am sure that the Israelis, in turn shall find themselves in peace more than they have found it in war.

Israel is the only country in the world that is ready to make compromises - even though it did not lose any wars.

We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides.

If you aren't please tell me how you are going to not have a war.