"You have come out of the big prison which you had been put in and you have taken me out with the same act from the small prison which I had been put in."

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“Lebanon is our country, and in it we are staying .”

“They were long, dark, black years.”

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“I would prefer to remain in prison for another 20 years than bargain my beliefs for freedom.”

“I have spent 11 horrific years in solitary confinement in a 6-square-meter dungeon three floors underground without sunlight or fresh air. But I endured my hardships because I was merely living my convictions.”

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