Assad Quotes · Page 2

I still think a reasonable question is, would we be better off with [Muamar] Gadhafi and Bashar al-Assad still in there and…

— Chris Matthews

Russia hasn't paid any attention to ISIS. They're interested in keeping Assad in power.

— Hillary Clinton

What is true is [Bashar] Assad got rid of his chemical weapons.

— Barack Obama

I'm not a journalist. So I didn't down and let Assad charm me. I didn't walk away and say "my god he's…

— George Friedman

I think it's important to remember the tensions between Turkey and Russia predate this jet shoot down by some time. I mean,…

— Peter Kenyon

Assad is always a priority. That is not an issue. He is a war crime. He has done terrible things to his…

— Nikki Haley

I think Hillary Clinton is right. I think it isn't enough to leave [Bashir] Assad in place, because as long as he…

— Adam Schiff

Clinton impressed Assad: a young man who appeared to want to be neutral in the Arab-Israeli dispute - an illusion of course,…

— Robert Fisk

[Bashar] Assad himself has said on several occasions recently that if the people of Syria don't believe I should be there in…

— John F. Kerry

Assad must go. He's lost the legitimacy to govern.

— Chuck Hagel

There are still people - the majority on the stage, they want to topple [Bashar] Assad. And then there will be chaos,…

— Rand Paul

In the fight against ISIL, we cannot rely on an Assad regime that terrorizes its people; a regime that will never regain…

— Barack Obama

Russia will not take part in any field operations on the territory of Syria or in other states; at least, we do…

— Vladimir Putin

If in the past, you didn't cry out when thousands of protesters were killed and injured by Turkey, Egypt and Libya, when…

— Hillel Neuer

If we have the kinds of confirmation that we need, we will once again work with the international community and the organization…

— Barack Obama

I believe that Assad must go. I believe he will go. But I believe - we want to make sure that America…

— Mitt Romney

[Hillary] Clinton is too much into regime change and a little bit too aggressive without knowing what the unintended consequences might be.…

— Bernie Sanders

The Western alliance should have supported the Sunni opposition against the Assad regime from the beginning. As far as Iraq is concerned,…

— Paul Wolfowitz

“I believe if we let go of Assad now, we might as well forget the whole region.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

If you can resolve this transition of [Bashar] Assad, that is absolutely possible, but you have to have a clarity for everybody…

— John F. Kerry

What holds an Arab leader in power is a mixture of violence and prestige. Both President Assad and King Hussein were felt…

— James Buchan

I think that by arming the allies of ISIS, the Islamic rebels against [Bashar] Assad, that we created a safe space or…

— Rand Paul

I don't like [Bashir] Assad at all. But Assad is killing ISIS. Russia is killing ISIS.

— Donald Trump

It's a brutal regime, in the Assad regime, that is willing to take any measure, no matter how immoral or war criminal…

— Derek Chollet

Hillary Clinton has gotten every foreign policy challenge wrong. Hitting the reset button with Vladimir Putin - recall that she called Bashar…

— Carly Fiorina