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It is not my democracy as a person; it is our democracy as a society.

Bashar al-Assad

The fact that there are people who criticize me doesn’t mean that people hate me.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD

Hate Mean People
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-ASSAD

People Reality Worry
No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?
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Able Country Doubt
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

Country Face Help War
Sometimes you may kill tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands with very primitive armaments.
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Armament May Sometimes
In the United States, they always talk about subtitles, about chapters in a book without taking the main title of the book. They talk about a subtitle in a chapter and if you ask them about the headline, the main title, they say they do not know.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD

Book Titles United States
We don’t discuss this issue [conversations with Russia] as a government, but we discuss the repercussions, which is more important because sometimes repercussions could be more destroying than the strike itself.
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Country Government Issues
[The Jews] tried to kill the principles of all religions with the same mentality in which they betrayed Jesus Christ and the same way they tried to betray and kill the Prophet Muhammad.
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Betrayed Jesus Principles
They delayed it till just a few days before al-Ghouta when they sent those team, and the team itself said in its report that he did everything as he wanted. There was not a single obstacle.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD

Condition Cooperate Day Obstacle Single
I don’t believe in war, I believe in the principle of deterrence.
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Believe Principles War
Foreigners cannot bring freedom, cannot bring democracy, because this is related to the culture, to the different factors that affect or influence that society. You cannot bring it, you cannot import it.
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Culture Democracy Different
From the first day I took the decision as President to defend my country. So, who killed ? That’s another question.
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Army Country Government
We’re talking about the responsibility, my responsibility according to the Syrian constitution that said we have to defend ourselves.
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Constitution Responsibility Talking
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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Goal Growth Hurt
Hamas will not disappear. Hamas will not raise the white flag. Hamas has the trust of the people, and anyone who wishes to destroy it must destroy an entire people.
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People White Wish
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

It is not my democracy as a person; it is our democracy as a society.

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