Rafik Hariri Quotes

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting …

You can’t build a united nation on the basis of revenge.

We can hope that men will understand that the interest of all are the same, that hope lies in cooperation. We can then perhaps keep PEACE.

We can realise a lasting peace and transform the East-West relationship to one of enduring co-operation.

It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

Better talk than fight, if nothing of sovereign value is anyway lost. Dialogue has achieved more than confrontation in many parts of the world.

Now is the time to show maximum responsibility. It is not the time to pay off old scores nor for sterile partisan recriminations. It is time to re-establish a climate of calmness and mutual respect.

Clean fighting solves everything. It ends all bad blood and any ill feelings people have. That's my thoughts.

Costa Rica believes in building bridges, in looking for solutions to problems, and not clinging to positions.

I often wonder if we could not solve the world's problems on a similar basis of harmony.

I will make the greatest efforts to seek mutually acceptable interaction between Taiwan and mainland China.

We stand on the watershed dividing the past from the future. Let us bury the past in so far as it is dead and forget all bitterness and recrimination. Let there be moderation in speech and writing.... There has been violence—shameful, degrading and revolting violence—in various parts of the country. This must end. We are determined to end it. We must make it clear that political ends ae not to be achieved by methods of violence now or in the future.

There will be not only peace between us and the Arabs ... but close friendship and cooperation.

Stop the fighting and find the middle ground.

You cannot shake hands with a clinched fist.

There is no conflict that can’t be solved.

You must have a majority to make peace, not just a good idea.

We must achieve peace because it's the only way to build this nation

Our country must be strong enough to solve problems, and that means we must learn how to work together again.

The most important rule of the new Europe is: There must never again be violence in Europe.

When you see Obama and Trump shake hands and seem to show respect to one another - that is what we need.

I believe in peace. Only peaceful co-existence can ensure peace.

In all circumstances in the world - even the most difficult circumstances - we need to push for dialogue.

Israel will never surrender to hatred.

There's never been an entertainer that can take two warring parties and have both presidents stand on the stage and hold hands.