They want to criticize you, let them criticize and do not worry. Just be transparent with your people and tell them this is the reality.
BASHAR AL-ASSADIn the end a lie is a lie.
More Bashar al-Assad Quotes
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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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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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Freedom and democracy are nothing but instruments, just like stability. The goal is called progress and growth. Anyone who puts freedom ahead of stability is hurting growth.
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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.
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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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We don’t have a lot of expectations [for Donald J. Trump] because the American administration is not only about the President; it’s about different powers within this administration, the different lobbies that they are going to influence any President.
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[United States] are sovereign country, they are an independent country, but this is their limit; they don’t have to interfere in any other country.
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The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
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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.
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It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.
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That’s all before the crisis. We always have this kind of cooperation with Iran [Supplies, weaponry].
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It is not my democracy as a person; it is our democracy as a society.
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Our democracy should reflect our culture and our habits and our customs and our reality at the same time.
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Conversely, it is correct to say that bringing about peace would be the best way to fight terror.
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You said treaties, and a Russian official said ; we have not agreement… contracts, that we have to fulfill, and those contracts are like any country ; you buy armaments, you buy anything you want.
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