We don’t say that we don’t have it, we’re still secular in Syria, but with the time, this secularism will be eroded.
BASHAR AL-ASSADIsrael does not care about the international public opinion.
More Bashar al-Assad Quotes
-
-
At the end, I said [chemical weapons] is something not to be discussed with anyone.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
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.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
Those fighters, the Syrian part that you’re talking about, lost its natural incubators in the Syrian society – they don’t have incubators anymore ; that’s why they have incubators abroad.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
[Enemies of Syria] are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to hell.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
People do not only live on interests; they also live on beliefs, especially in very ideological areas. Unless you understand the ideological aspect of the region, you cannot understand what is happening.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
Our democracy should reflect our culture and our habits and our customs and our reality at the same time.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
No government in the world kills its people, unless it’s led by a crazy person.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
Why should you use a term [rebels] in the United States and England and maybe other countries and use another term in Syria ? This is a double standard that we don’t accept.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
For Turkey, they think that if the Muslim Brotherhood take over the rest of the region, they will be very comfortable, they will be very happy, they will make sure that their political future is guaranteed.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
The fact that there are people who criticize me doesn’t mean that people hate me.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
I think the Congress is elected by people, it represents the people, and works for their interest. The first question that they should ask themselves : what do wars give America, since Vietnam till now ? Nothing. No political gain, no economic gain, no good reputation.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
From the first day I took the decision as President to defend my country. So, who killed ? That’s another question.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
This war [in Syria] is going to support Al-Qaeda and the same people that killed Americans in the 11th of September.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
When you have terrorists, you don’t throw at them balloons or you don’t use rubber sticks, for example. You have to use armaments.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD -
When our interests matched, the Americans have been good to us, and when the interests differed, they wanted us to mold ourselves to them, which we refused.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD