39 Interesting Quotes By Bashar Al-Assad
Bashar al-Assad is the President of Syria since 2000. He succeeded his father, Ḥafiz al-Assad, who ruled Syria from 1971 to 2000. Bashar is also the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and the General Secretary of the 'Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.' Many political observers initially believed that his rule would bring an era of democracy, reforms and economic revival in Syria, but Bashar largely followed his father’s authoritarian methods of rule. As a result of his authoritarian rule and other developments in the region, Assad faced an uprising in 2011, which evolved into a civil war. We have curated his famous quotations and sayings from his interviews, speeches, and interactions on subjects, such as Syria, institution, reform, country, Lebanon, ethnic, diversity, citizens, security, mistakes, Israel, etc.
Hizbullah is not a militia.
As soon as the legitimate Lebanese government is convinced that the conditions have ripened and that Lebanon is able to maintain stability on its own... Then, the Syrian forces will return to their homeland.
Israel ranks her priorities in the following way: security, land, and water.
We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
It is natural that we should always expect an Israeli attack, even when it does not threaten.
None of us and none of the Arabs trust Israel.
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.
But the issue has to do with land, which is our land.
The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.
Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist.
When Lebanon started its resistance it was a small and divided country.
America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit.
Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.
Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one.
Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for himself what happened in Palestine.
It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.
Israel does not care about the international public opinion.
Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.
You in Lebanon, your power is no match to Israel. Israel, militarily, is more powerful than you and maybe it is more powerful than all the Arab countries, or most of them.
The U.S. and Britain are incapable of controlling all of Iraq.
Armies are not only for offensives.
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.
We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs.
Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East.
No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it?
The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy, the first thing is to involve the people in decision making, not to make it.
Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.
We have more difficult circumstances than most of the Arab countries but in spite of that Syria is stable. Why? Because you have to be very closely linked to the beliefs of the people. This is the core issue.
The problem is not the occupation, but how people deal with it.
I am not a puppet. I was not made by the West to go to the West or to any other country.
