The myth of redemptive violence - Caesar, peace, and victory - is in people's bones so deeply, we aren't even aware of it. You crush the opposition; that's how we bring peace.

a decisive victory for the opposition and the Lebanese people.

The peace we seek to win is not victory over any other people, but the peace that comes with healing in its wings; with compassion for those who have suffered; with understanding for those who have opposed us; with the opportunity for all the peoples

I am not asking anyone to surrender. I am asking everyone to declare the victory of peace.

Something is wrong here, and it's more than easy access to guns or violence on TV. It's about lack of love and attachment to loving people early in life.

Some of that is true. We have some violence, maybe more than some other parts of the city. But I believe it is an area that is coming back.