I call on the people of Tripoli to restrain themselves and not get drawn into conflict with anyone.

I announce the resignation of the government, perhaps as the only way for Lebanon's main political blocs to assume their responsibilities and come together to pull Lebanon out of an unknown tunnel.

I am Lebanese, and I know the interests of my country.

I am not keen just for the position; I'm keen to help and to serve. If I can really avoid any bad things on my country, I will not hesitate one second.

They really do a disservice because these men and women came out of the Depression, they came out of the war.

I became an American on Nov. 4, 2010, at an elegant ceremony in Great Hall of Bullfinch's Faneuil Hall, Boston, beneath a vast painting of Daniel Webster debating the preservation of the Union with Robert Hayne of South Carolina, before the Civil War.

If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.

What is needed now is a transformation of the major systems of production more profound than even the sweeping post-World War II changes in production technology.