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title: "130 Assad Quotes by 56 authors"
description: "Browse 130 Assad quotes by 56 authors. Discover the best Assad sayings and thoughts."
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> [Assad is a bad guy, but you may very well end up with worse than Assad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/assad-is-a-bad-guy-but-you-may-very-well-end-up-with-worse-than-assad/)

[Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/)

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> [ I don't like \[Bashir\] Assad at all. But Assad is killing ISIS. Russia is killing ISIS. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/i-don-t-like-bashir-assad-at-all-but-assad-is-killing-isis-russia-is/)

[Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/)

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> [President al-Assad and his army are the only force that actually fights ISIS.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/president-al-assad-and-his-army-are-the-only-force-that-actually/)

[Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/)

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> [It is always an eerie experience to sit among Bashar al-Assad's soldiers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/it-is-always-an-eerie-experience-to-sit-among-bashar-al-assad-s/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

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> [There is nothing in common between al-Assad and ISIS, they fight against each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/there-is-nothing-in-common-between-al-assad-and-isis-they-fight/)

[Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/)

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> [The word 'democracy' and the name of Assad do not blend very well in much of Syria.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/the-word-democracy-and-the-name-of-assad-do-not-blend-very-well-in/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

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> [ I think those who have wanted regime \[of Bashar Assad\] change have made a mistake. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/i-think-those-who-have-wanted-regime-of-bashar-assad-change-have-made/)

[Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/)

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> [Seeing Syria remove Assad is a very high priority for America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/seeing-syria-remove-assad-is-a-very-high-priority-for-america/)

[Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/)

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> [ \[Bashar\] Assad is one of the main reasons why ISIS even exists to begin with. Assad is a puppet of Iran. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-rubio/bashar-assad-is-one-of-the-main-reasons-why-isis-even-exists-to-begin/)

[Marco Rubio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-rubio/)

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> [I don't think anyone can predict what the short term will look like. In the long term, it will be a Syria…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adel-al-jubeir/i-don-t-think-anyone-can-predict-what-the-short-term-will-look-like/)

[Adel al-Jubeir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adel-al-jubeir/)

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> [I don't like Assad at all, but Assad is killing ISIS. Russia is killing ISIS. And Iran is killing ISIS. And those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/i-don-t-like-assad-at-all-but-assad-is-killing-isis-russia-is-killing/)

[Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/)

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> [The United States of America should be prepared to use military force to strike military targets of the Assad regime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-pence/the-united-states-of-america-should-be-prepared-to-use-military-force/)

[Mike Pence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-pence/)

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> [“If you want to know what the camel stole from your kitchen yesterday, then you shouldn;t slit open its stomach. You should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jussi-adler-olsen/if-you-want-to-know-what-the-camel-stole-from-your-kitchen-yesterday/)

[Jussi Adler-Olsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jussi-adler-olsen/)

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> [It is clear that the American people are weary of war. However, Assad gassing his own people is an issue of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pelosi/it-is-clear-that-the-american-people-are-weary-of-war-however-assad/)

[Nancy Pelosi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pelosi/)

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> [Unless there is meaningful change in Syria and an end to the crackdown, President Assad and those around him will find themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hague/unless-there-is-meaningful-change-in-syria-and-an-end-to-the/)

[William Hague](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hague/)

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> [I invite President Assad to come to Jerusalem and to speak with me, with our parliament, with whomever he wants to speak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yitzhak-rabin/i-invite-president-assad-to-come-to-jerusalem-and-to-speak-with-me/)

[Yitzhak Rabin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yitzhak-rabin/)

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> [Putin has succeeded in many ways in making Russia an essential player there. He seems to have stabilized the Assad regime. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/corey-flintoff/putin-has-succeeded-in-many-ways-in-making-russia-an-essential-player/)

[Corey Flintoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/corey-flintoff/)

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> [Assad is not going away, but we're not going to stop beating up on him. We're not going to stop saying that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-haley/assad-is-not-going-away-but-we-re-not-going-to-stop-beating-up-on-him/)

[Nikki Haley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-haley/)

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> [We will have to work around the world with less than ideal governments. The government in Saudi Arabia is not a democracy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-rubio/we-will-have-to-work-around-the-world-with-less-than-ideal/)

[Marco Rubio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-rubio/)

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> [This comes from a group of people who've been wrong about every foreign policy issue over the last two decades. They supported…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/this-comes-from-a-group-of-people-who-ve-been-wrong-about-every/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [Hillary Clinton has gotten every foreign policy challenge wrong. Hitting the reset button with Vladimir Putin - recall that she called Bashar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carly-fiorina/hillary-clinton-has-gotten-every-foreign-policy-challenge-wrong-2/)

[Carly Fiorina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carly-fiorina/)

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> [The Russians appear to be - appear to be in conjunction with the Turks, as well as the Iranians, appear to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-biden/the-russians-appear-to-be-appear-to-be-in-conjunction-with-the-turks/)

[Joe Biden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-biden/)

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> [ \[Vladimir\] Putin supporting Bashar al-Assad, helping with the Syrian refugee crisis and, I think for any republican, he \[Donald Trump\] has got… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/vladimir-putin-supporting-bashar-al-assad-helping-with-the-syrian/)

[John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/)

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> [ \[Vladimir\] Putin wants to keep \[Bashar\] Assad in power and expand his own military base in Syria, whatever the cost. I even… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-kasparov/vladimir-putin-wants-to-keep-bashar-assad-in-power-and-expand-his-own/)

[Garry Kasparov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-kasparov/)

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> [Mr. Assad is not going to be able to feel like there is a moderate opposition that actually threatens him. Currently, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vijay-prashad/mr-assad-is-not-going-to-be-able-to-feel-like-there-is-a-moderate/)

[Vijay Prashad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vijay-prashad/)

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> [There's a lot of expectation in the Middle East that post-Obama there will be a sort of tougher U.S. line on Assad,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cockburn/there-s-a-lot-of-expectation-in-the-middle-east-that-post-obama-there/)

[Patrick Cockburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-cockburn/)

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> [ Every chance at destabilizing \[Bashar\] Assad... the bombing campaign causes a flood of refugees into Jordan, there's already half a million in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/every-chance-at-destabilizing-bashar-assad-the-bombing-campaign/)

[Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/)

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> [There seems to be a passive alliance between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump and that's unprecedented in its form and dangerous in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/there-seems-to-be-a-passive-alliance-between-vladimir-putin-and/)

[Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/)

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> [ Luckily for \[Barack\] Obama, the Russians came along and rescued him with this proposal \[to confiscate Assad's chemical weapons\] which he quickly… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/luckily-for-barack-obama-the-russians-came-along-and-rescued-him-with/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [There is a political process which we are trying to achieve through what is called the Vienna Group. That involves the establishment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adel-al-jubeir/there-is-a-political-process-which-we-are-trying-to-achieve-through/)

[Adel al-Jubeir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adel-al-jubeir/)

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> [ We have Islamic rebels \[in Syria\] who've been eating the hearts or organs of their enemies. We have priests that have been… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/we-have-islamic-rebels-in-syria-who-ve-been-eating-the-hearts-or/)

[Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/)

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> [ The question's whether or not there's an American interest in the Civil War \[in Syria\]. The question is whether or not a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/the-question-s-whether-or-not-there-s-an-american-interest-in-the/)

[Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/)

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> [ What is true is \[Bashar\] Assad got rid of his chemical weapons. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/what-is-true-is-bashar-assad-got-rid-of-his-chemical-weapons/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [Syria is lucky to have Bashar al-Assad as her President.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-galloway/syria-is-lucky-to-have-bashar-al-assad-as-her-president/)

[George Galloway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-galloway/)

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> [ I think \[Bashar\] Assad is a bad guy, a very bad guy, all right? ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/i-think-bashar-assad-is-a-bad-guy-a-very-bad-guy-all-right/)

[Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/)

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> [Russia and Iran are not going to allow the Assad regime to fall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rashid-khalidi/russia-and-iran-are-not-going-to-allow-the-assad-regime-to-fall/)

[Rashid Khalidi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rashid-khalidi/)

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> [Israel lost its war. Will Assad's enemies lose, too?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fisk/israel-lost-its-war-will-assad-s-enemies-lose-too/)

[Robert Fisk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fisk/)

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> [Bashar Assad clearly doesn't want to hear anything that impugns his government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-isikoff/bashar-assad-clearly-doesn-t-want-to-hear-anything-that-impugns-his/)

[Michael Isikoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-isikoff/)

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> [ You cannot bring peace in Syria as long as \[Bashar\] Assad is, in fact, there. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kerry/you-cannot-bring-peace-in-syria-as-long-as-bashar-assad-is-in-fact/)

[John F. Kerry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kerry/)

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> [Russia hasn't paid any attention to ISIS. They're interested in keeping Assad in power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/russia-hasn-t-paid-any-attention-to-isis-they-re-interested-in/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

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## Top authors on Assad

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