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You cannot have democracy without the institutions. You cannot have a democracy that is built on the moods of self-interested people.

Bashar al-Assad

I believe that the United States is not genuine regarding having a cessation of violence in Syria.
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Believe United States Violence
You should expect everything. Not necessarily through the government, the governments are not the only player in [Middle East] region.
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East Government Middle Player
You look at [terrorists] faces, they look foreigners, but where are they coming from ? How precise this estimate is difficult to tell, but definitely the majority are Al-Qaeda.
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Estimate Looks Majority Precise
[Hezbollah forces] cannot exist all over Syria anyway, for many reasons, but they exist on the borders.
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Borders Hezbollah Reason
And let’s say in brief they live the Taliban style in Afghanistan, completely the same style.
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Completely Country Same Style
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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Firsts United States Weapons
The external support can never substitute internal support, the example that we have to look at very well is Egypt and Tunisia ; they have all the support from the West and from the Gulf and from most of the countries of the world.
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Countries Country Example Substitute World
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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Another Country Mean Resources
In Great Britain, an author published a book in which he claimed that Jesus Christ had children. Such statements don’t trigger civil unrest and bloodshed in Europe. But write similar statements about Islam in Syria and you might see bloody uprisings.
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Book Children Jesus
It is natural that we should always expect an Israeli attack, even when it does not threaten.
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Doe Hair Natural
Our democracy should reflect our culture and our habits and our customs and our reality at the same time.
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Culture Democracy Reality
Terrorists have been supported by tens of foreign countries, so Syria alone wouldn’t be able to face this kind of war without the help of its friends.
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Country Face Help War
Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist.
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Eugenics Lebanon Occupation
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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Mean Stupid War
If it’s not a national army, it cannot have the support, and if it doesn’t have the public support of every sect, it cannot do its job and advance recently. It cannot. The army of the family doesn’t make national war.
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Advance Army Family National Support
We would have disintegration of Syria if that was the case. It can’t be tolerated in Syria. I’m talking about the normal reaction of the people.
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Country Normal People Reaction Tolerate

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