Bashar al-Assad Quotes
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As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed.
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The U.S. and Britain are incapable of controlling all of Iraq.
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We, in Syria, our point of view stems from our experience.
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You in Lebanon, your power is no match to Israel. Israel, militarily, is more powerful than you and maybe it is more powerful than all the Arab countries, or most of them.
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Israel ranks her priorities in the following way: security, land, and water.
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Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.
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The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way or another, will serve Israel through its control over the American administration.
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Armies are not only for offensives.
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The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it.
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I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.
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We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs.
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As soon as the legitimate Lebanese government is convinced that the conditions have ripened and that Lebanon is able to maintain stability on its own... Then, the Syrian forces will return to their homeland.
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It is natural that we should always expect an Israeli attack, even when it does not threaten.
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Israel does not care about the international public opinion.
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The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy, the first thing is to involve the people in decision making, not to make it.
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It would be a mistake to link anything that Israel does to a certain circumstance. And it is a mistake to feel comfortable in any circumstance just because Israel did not act on it.
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We are facing an external attack against us, which is more dangerous than any other previous wars... We are dealing with those who are extremists, who only know the language of killing and criminality.
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None of us and none of the Arabs trust Israel.
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There is no such things as 'Islamic terrorism,' because terrorism differs from Islam. There's just terrorism, not Islamic terrorism. But the term 'Islamic terrorism' has become widespread.
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They are not my forces, they are military forces that belong to the government.… I don't own them. I am president, I don't own the country so they are not my forces.