Assad Quotes

People talk about [Bashar] Assad running Syria. He doesn't control his own country. He's down to about 20, 25 percent of the…

— John F. Kerry

We could have made peace with Syrian dictator Bashar Assad a long time ago. It didn't happen, because Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…

— Tom Segev

You cannot bring peace in Syria as long as [Bashar] Assad is, in fact, there.

— John F. Kerry

Assad's mother was a terror. He was terrified of her and she kept saying to him, you're not like your father. That's…

— George Friedman

We have to do one thing at a time. We can't be fighting ISIS and fighting [Bashar]Assad. Assad is fighting ISIS. He…

— Donald Trump

“Assad whistled a few notes of one of his native country's melancholic songs. It sounded as though he was whistling backwards”

— Jussi Adler-Olsen

[Bashar] Assad is one of the main reasons why ISIS even exists to begin with. Assad is a puppet of Iran.

— Marco Rubio

Bashar Assad is a major cause of the refugees which are now flooding Europe and causing such consternation in the United States.

— John McCain

The principal sponsors of the terrorists are not religious fanatics. "Palestine's Yasser Arafat, Iraq's Saddam Hussein, and Syria's Assad family have made…

— William F. Buckley, Jr

I think those who have wanted regime [of Bashar Assad] change have made a mistake.

— Rand Paul

If [Bashar] Assad himself could save this whole process by saying, "I will engage in a managed transition where we all work…

— John F. Kerry

We know that russians are deeply engaged in supporting Assad because they want to have a place in the Middle East. They…

— Hillary Clinton

If we topple [Bashar] Assad, the result will be ISIS will take over Syria, and it will worsen U.S. national security interests.

— Ted Cruz

Every chance at destabilizing [Bashar] Assad... the bombing campaign causes a flood of refugees into Jordan, there's already half a million in…

— Rand Paul

I'll tell you whose view on [Bashar] Assad is the same as mine. It's Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu. Prime Minister Netanyahu has…

— Ted Cruz

Israel lost its war. Will Assad's enemies lose, too?

— Robert Fisk

There is nothing in common between al-Assad and ISIS, they fight against each other.

— Vladimir Putin

All dignified people in the world, whether Arabs or Muslims or others with dignity, are very proud of the speech made by…

— George Galloway

Mr. Assad is not going to be able to feel like there is a moderate opposition that actually threatens him. Currently, the…

— Vijay Prashad

Bashar Assad has said many things. We will see in the near term whether he is serious about a political process.

— Adel al-Jubeir

If Russia is there [in Syria] alone fighting them [ISIL], guess what? Russia becomes the target and Russia starts seeing - who…

— John F. Kerry

We will have to work around the world with less than ideal governments. The government in Saudi Arabia is not a democracy,…

— Marco Rubio

I think we are making an assumption that that is the outcome of the negotiations. I think President Assad will be prepared…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

Bashar Assad clearly doesn't want to hear anything that impugns his government.

— Michael Isikoff

Unless there is meaningful change in Syria and an end to the crackdown, President Assad and those around him will find themselves…

— William Hague