You cannot import anything from outside your country regarding the future of your country. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
When Lebanon started its resistance it was a small and divided country. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it? — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
I am president, I don't own the country so they are not my forces. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
I am not a puppet. I was not made by the West to go to the West or to any other country. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
From the first day I took the decision as President to defend my country. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
It's our right to defend our country against any kind of invasion. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
You said treaties, and a Russian official said ; we have not agreement... contracts, that we have to fulfill, and those contracts… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
We are worried that rebels are taking control in many countries, and look at the results now. Are you satisfied as an… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
My country and me, we are part of this region, we're not separated. We cannot discuss it as Syria or as me… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
The worst loss for any country is not the infrastructure or the buildings or the material loss; actually, it's the human resources… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Almost all countries have natural dividing lines, and when ethnic and religious partition occurs in one country, it'll soon happen elsewhere. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
When you talk about humanitarian, it doesn't only mean to offer the people the help, the food, their necessary needs for their… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Whether [Turkey] is a NATO country or not, it doesn't have the right to invade any other country according to the international… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
The only one who can fight for these values like democracy and freedoms are the people of any country or any society,… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
In reality, you cannot withstand for five years and more against all those countries, the West, and the Gulf states, the petrodollars,… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
I don't have support. Not me ; all Syria. Every agreement is between every class and every sector in Syria ; government,… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
The external support can never substitute internal support, the example that we have to look at very well is Egypt and Tunisia… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
What the army is doing is cleaning those areas, and the indication that the army is strong is that it's making advancement… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
We cannot tell anything about what [Donald Trump] is going to do, but if, let's say if he is going to fight… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
[United States] are sovereign country, they are an independent country, but this is their limit; they don't have to interfere in any… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Two years and a half and Syria is still withstanding against the United States, the West, Saudi Arabia, the richest countries in… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Many Syrians understand that the only way to protect your country is to live with each other with integration, not only in… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Do you call the people in Los Angeles in the nineties - do you call them rebels or opposition ? They are… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
We always say we have wishful thinking that the Unites States would be unbiased, respect the international law, doesn't interfere in other… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Every country has criminals who have to be fought. They can exist anywhere, including the government or the army - or outside… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
For the West, they wanted to undermine the Syrian positions. For the petrodollar countries like Saudi Arabia, they're thinking undermining Syria will… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
When you're in the middle of a storm, leaving your country just because you have to leave without any reasonable reason, it… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Let's presume that a country or army has this weapon ; this kind of armaments cannot be used by infantry for example… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
If you want to talk about mistakes, every country has mistakes, every government has mistakes, every person has mistakes. When you have… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
The Russians always base their policies on values, and these values are the sovereignty of other countries, the international law, respecting other… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Why should you use a term [rebels] in the United States and England and maybe other countries and use another term in… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Without the public support, we cannot withstand two years and a half. Look at the other countries, look what happened in Libya,… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
This is cooperation [with Hezbollah, Iran , from Russia], I don't know what you mean by support. We have cooperation with countries… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
You in Lebanon, your power is no match to Israel. Israel, militarily, is more powerful than you and maybe it is more… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
We are ready to cooperate in any way to achieve stability in Syria, of course taking into consideration the interest of the… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
It's not about me, again, this fight is not my fight, it's not the fight of the government ; it's the fight… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
It's very simple ; once the Western countries stop supporting those terrorists and making pressure on their puppet countries and client states… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Did the President order anyone to kill civilians, did he order the destruction, did he order supporting terrorism in his country? Of… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
I never rejected any responsibility, but that depends on the decision. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
If you are going to be a mediator or arbitrator you have to be in the middle between the two sides; you cannot take… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
The other thing we did as government is to open gates for the civilians to leave that [ eastern part] area [in Aleppo], and… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
This war [in Syria] is going to support Al-Qaeda and the same people that killed Americans in the 11th of September. The second thing… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Freedom and democracy are nothing but instruments, just like stability. The goal is called progress and growth. Anyone who puts freedom ahead of stability… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
I will tell [Barack Obama] very simply : present what you have as evidence to the public, be transparent. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
[Enemies of Syria] are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to hell. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
The first question that I ask : do I have public support or not. That is the first question that I asked as President.… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
The criteria or the paradigm for us is not the West, not the Western paradigm, because the West has its own culture, we have… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
[It is important] to have stability and to have security, which means humanitarian equals fighting terrorists. You cannot talk about humanitarian aid and supporting… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
![“Whether [Turkey] is a NATO country or not, it doesn't have the right to invade any other country according to the international law or to any other moral value.” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8a7/bashar-al-assad-1027_country_whether-turkey-is-a-nato-country-or-not_1678143.jpg)
![“We cannot tell anything about what [Donald Trump] is going to do, but if, let's say if he is going to fight the terrorists, of course we are going to be ally, natural ally in that regard with the Russian, with the Iranian, with many other countries who wanted to defeat the terrorists.” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/246/bashar-al-assad-1027_allies_we-cannot-tell-anything-about-what-donal_730502.jpg)
![“[United States] are sovereign country, they are an independent country, but this is their limit; they don't have to interfere in any other country. Because of this interference for the last fifty years, that's why they are very good only in creating problems, not in solving problems. That's the…” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e5c/bashar-al-assad-1027_country_united-states-are-sovereign-country-they_1191943.jpg)
![“Why should you use a term [rebels] in the United States and England and maybe other countries and use another term in Syria ? This is a double standard that we don't accept.” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/96c/bashar-al-assad-1027_accepting_why-should-you-use-a-term-rebels-in-the_1259847.jpg)
![“This is cooperation [with Hezbollah, Iran , from Russia], I don't know what you mean by support. We have cooperation with countries for decades. Why talk about this cooperation now ?” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cce/bashar-al-assad-1027_cooperation_this-is-cooperation-with-hezbollah-iran_1840920.jpg)
![“The other thing we did as government is to open gates for the civilians to leave that [ eastern part] area [in Aleppo], and at the same time for the humanitarian convoys and help to go through those gates inside that part of Aleppo, but the terrorists publicly refused any solution, so they wanted…” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6dc/bashar-al-assad-1027_areas_the-other-thing-we-did-as-government-is_37737.jpg)
![“This war [in Syria] is going to support Al-Qaeda and the same people that killed Americans in the 11th of September. The second thing that we want to tell Congress, that they should ask and that what we expect them to ask this administration about the evidence that they have regarding the chemical…” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d71/bashar-al-assad-1027_administration_this-war-in-syria-is-going-to-support-al_74280.jpg)
![“I will tell [Barack Obama] very simply : present what you have as evidence to the public, be transparent.” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dea/bashar-al-assad-1027_barack_i-will-tell-barack-obama-very-simply-pre_91133.jpg)
![“[Enemies of Syria] are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to hell.” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8d6/bashar-al-assad-1027_enemy_enemies-of-syria-are-the-enemies-of-the_95144.jpg)
![“[It is important] to have stability and to have security, which means humanitarian equals fighting terrorists. You cannot talk about humanitarian aid and supporting the terrorists at the same time. You cannot, you have to choose.” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c33/bashar-al-assad-1027_aids_it-is-important-to-have-stability-and-to_110406.jpg)