Assad Quotes · Page 5

Three-quarters of [Bashar Assad] country is displaced. It's in Jordan, it's in Lebanon, it's in Turkey, and in the desert. The threat…

— John F. Kerry

IS [Islamic State] has played a major role in helping Bashar al-Assad to reposition Syria on the international scene. Now, it is…

— Tariq Ramadan

I don't like Assad at all, but Assad is killing ISIS. Russia is killing ISIS. And Iran is killing ISIS. And those…

— Donald Trump

I don't regret at all saying that if I saw Bashar al-Assad using chemical weapons on his people that that would change…

— Barack Obama

Russia went into Syria basically to support President Bashar al-Assad. And the Western allies have said Russia's really done very little against…

— Corey Flintoff

I think it's too late. I think that there's been too much. This all started with the red line, walking away from…

— John Kasich

[Bashar] Assad has made a series of choices ever since then that is literally destroying his country.

— John F. Kerry

To me, what I've always said is that the president [Barack Obama] has set up an awful situation through his deal with…

— Chris Christie

We have to get rid of ISIS first. After we get rid of ISIS, we'll start thinking about it. But we can't…

— Donald Trump

Sunni are the majority of the [Syria], 60 to 65 percent. They've been ruled by [Bashar] Assad, who represents a minority Alawite…

— John F. Kerry

I would only go to Syria to destroy ISIS. I would not use U.S. troops to depose Assad. But I would support…

— John Kasich

“If you want to know what the camel stole from your kitchen yesterday, then you shouldn;t slit open its stomach. You should…

— Jussi Adler-Olsen

While all Alawites fear vengeance against their entire community should Assad fall, there are varying degrees of loyalty to the Assads.

— Elliott Abrams

Just because Iran and Syria may recognize Assad's weaknesses doesn't necessarily mean that Assad recognizes his weaknesses.

— Barack Obama

I think we bring together that broad coalition including Russia to help us destroy ISIS and work on a timetable to get…

— Bernie Sanders

[Vladimir] Putin wants to keep [Bashar] Assad in power and expand his own military base in Syria, whatever the cost. I even…

— Garry Kasparov

I am confident that Assad's days are numbered. But what we can't do is to simply suggest that, as Governor Romney at…

— Barack Obama

I don't think he fully analyzes the situation. If you destabilize [Bashar] Assad and punish Assad, you do embolden terrorists. You embolden…

— Rand Paul

Iran's arms exports to the murderous Assad regime in Syria are of particular concern. As the Panel of Experts has concluded, Syria…

— Susan Rice

Seeing Syria remove Assad is a very high priority for America.

— Mitt Romney

I mean, all of these things that [Bashar Assad] has done, there's no way even if President Obama wanted to just play…

— John F. Kerry

The question's whether or not there's an American interest in the Civil War [in Syria]. The question is whether or not a…

— Rand Paul

Let's not forget: This all began when you had eight- and nine-year-old children writing graffiti on walls. Their parents were told: "You…

— Adel al-Jubeir

There's no way to resolve Syria without Iran being involved, given its financing of Assad and the fact that Hezbollah is probably…

— Barack Obama

You can imagine what the advisers are telling Junior Assad: "Your statues are much stronger than Saddam's. His were hollow, and bolted…

— James Lileks