"We are not weak, and because of the war, we did not want our position to be taken as a sign of weakness, that we were begging. At the appropriate time we will tell the Americans, 'Come.'"

"The Mother of All Battles has begun."

"Don't treat your friend and your enemy equally even if you reconcile with the second. That way your enemy doesn't scorn you and your friend doesn't look down on the meaning of friendship and its right…"

"The United States is the Great Satan."

"Don't provoke a snake unless you have the intention and power to cut off its head."