First of all, when you have a doctor who cut the leg to prevent the patient from the gangrene if you have to, we don’t call butcher ; you call him a doctor, and thank you for saving the lives.
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I don’t believe in war, I believe in the principle of deterrence.
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Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.
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From the first day I took the decision as President to defend my country.
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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.
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Fighting the terrorists in Syria is not only in the interest of Syria or the Syrian people; in the interest of the Middle East, of Europe itself.
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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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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.
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We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
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You should expect everything. Not necessarily through the government, the governments are not the only player in [Middle East] region.
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Circumstances don’t matter, only my state of being matters. What state of being are you choosing?
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We’ve been dealing with this kind of terrorism since the fifties, since the Muslim Brotherhood came to Syria at that time.
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[It is important] to have stability and to have security, which means humanitarian equals fighting terrorists. You cannot talk about humanitarian aid and supporting the terrorists at the same time. You cannot, you have to choose.
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Opposition doesn’t mean to take arms and kill people and destroy everything.
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How can you be afraid to feel? Isn’t fear a feeling? If you’re feeling fear, you’ve felt one of the most negative emotions there is to feel.
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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.
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