You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind. So the core issue is how to open the mind, the whole society, and this means everybody in society including everyone.
BASHAR AL-ASSADIt’s our right to defend our country against any kind of invasion.
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Nobody knows [who they are] because when [terrorists] are dead and they are killed, they don’t have any ID.
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The fact that there are people who criticize me doesn’t mean that people hate me.
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We’re talking about the responsibility, my responsibility according to the Syrian constitution that said we have to defend ourselves.
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We’ve been living in difficult circumstances and we prepare ourselves for every possibility. But that doesn’t mean if you’re prepared things will be better ; it’s going to get worse with any foolish strike or stupid war.
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None of us and none of the Arabs trust Israel.
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The armament of the government is legal armament. Any other armament is not legal.
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We have the precedent of Collin Powell ten years ago, when he showed the evidence, it was false, and it was forged.
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Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.
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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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[ Jihadists] are going to be against you sooner or later.
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Using terrorism or jihadists or extremists for any political agenda is immoral.
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We asked for a delegation [of the Red Cross] in March 2013 when the first attack happened in Aleppo in the north of Syria,
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When they don’t have support within their country, they couldn’t continue more than – how many weeks ? – three weeks. So, the only reason we stand here for two years and a half is because we have internal support, public support.
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Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.
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The United States accused Syria, and because you accused you have to bring evidence [of chemical weapons], this first of all. We have to find evidences when we are there.
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