Hezbollah is like a shining sun which warms up all oppressed Muslims, — Mohammad Khatami

"One cannot reach paradise by creating Hell for others."

"Faith and Religiosity is compatible with human nature,The most Wretch man is one who has no religion."

"We believe that Hizbullah has an authentic Lebanese identity. We love Hizbullah. I emphasized this in talks with Mr. Chirac, who said he has never called to weaken or disarm Hizbullah, and on that matter he is in disagreement with some of his European allies. Hizbullah will remain and keep its weapons."

"Offending and insulting, is different from expressing an opinion that can be analyzed, argued on, and can eventually be accepted or rejected [therefore offending others is not acceptable] … But in addition to the west, we ourselves also have problems in this regard. Instead of logical criticism or debate, we only keep saying offensive things about liberalism, democracy and modernism. I had told some of our elders before, that the religion of the todays world is liberalism and we have no right to make insults about it. We should not keep using phrases such as "the corrupt culture of the west" etc. in our words. As its also said in the Holy Koran, "Do not insult the gods of others, otherwise you are indirectly insulting your God"."

"I dont like the death penalty, although if there is one case where there should be an execution, the fairest case would be for Saddam. But I would never wish for that."

"...the policies that the United States has chosen unfortunately have brought about the wrong sentiment toward the United States and has only increased, and will only increase, extremism in our region."