black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

It is not my democracy as a person; it is our democracy as a society.

Bashar al-Assad

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.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD

Another Country Mean Resources
We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD

Country Establishment Threat
The question is who threw chemicals on the same day on our soldiers. That’s the same question. Technically, not the soldiers. Soldiers don’t throw missiles on themselves. So, either the rebels, the terrorists, or a third party. We don’t have any clue yet.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD

Party Rebel Soldier
America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD

Country Interest Sees
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.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD

Circumstances Comfortable Country Mistake
Opposition doesn’t mean to take arms and kill people and destroy everything.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD

Arms Mean People
With the time, yes we can be worried, because the secular state should reflect secular society, and this secular society, with the time, if you don’t get rid of those terrorists and these extremists and the Wahabi style, of course it will influence at least the new and the coming generations.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD

Secular Society Style Time Worry Yes
From the first day I took the decision as President to defend my country.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD

Country Decision President
You cannot talk about winning the war as long as there’s killing and destruction on daily basis.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD

Long War Winning
We didn’t say that 80% [of terrorists], for example, or the majority or the vast majority, are foreigners. We said the vast majority are Al-Qaeda or Al-Qaeda offshoot organizations in this region.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD

Example Majority Organization
When you’re in the middle of a storm, leaving your country just because you have to leave without any reasonable reason, it means you’re quitting your country and this is treason.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD

Country Leaving Mean
Whether [Turkey] is a NATO country or not, it doesn’t have the right to invade any other country according to the international law or to any other moral value.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD

Country International Invade Law Nato
History teaches us that nobody can prevent a resistance group from arming when it has the support of the people.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD

Groups People Support
From Russia for example, we have political support, which is different from the cooperation. We have cooperation for 60 years now, but now we have political support.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD

Country Support Years
Trust that the thing in life that excites you the most comes complete with all the tools necessary to support you in the doing of that thing. It is automatic; it is built in. All you need to do is act on the opportunities that doing that situation brings to you.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD

Life Opportunity Support Thing
I think sadness prevails in Syria now. We don’t feel anything else but sadness because we have this killing every day, whether with chemical or any other kind.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD

Kind Sadness Thinking

It is not my democracy as a person; it is our democracy as a society.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

It is not my democracy as a person; it is our democracy as a society.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Bashar al-Assad Quotes