It’s a dangerous thing when someone gets up in the morning and has nothing to eat.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWhen you talk about cooperation, it means cooperation between two legal governments, not cooperation between foreign government and any faction within Syria.
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In any war, people will pay the price.
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At the end, I said [chemical weapons] is something not to be discussed with anyone.
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The army is made of the people ; it cannot be made of robots.
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The sarin gas is a very primitive gas. You can have it done in the backyard of a house ; it’s a very primitive gas. So, it’s not something complicated.
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That the rebels or the terrorists used the chemical weapons in northern Aleppo five months ago [in 2013].
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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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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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Israel has WMD, and it has to sign [chemical warfare agreement], and Israel is occupying our land, so that’s we talked about the Middle East, not Syria, not Israel ; it should be comprehensive.
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The captain doesn’t think about death, or life, he thinks about saving his ship.
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As we see now the American officials, they say something in the morning and they do the opposite in the evening. So, you cannot judge those people according to what they say. You cannot take them at their words, to be frank.
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Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.
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In the end a lie is a lie.
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We can say, you can win the war only when you restore stability in Syria.
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It is difficult for anyone to tell you what is going to happen. [Middle East] is an area where everything is on the brink of explosion.
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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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