We're talking about the responsibility, my responsibility according to the Syrian constitution that said we have to defend ourselves. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
We are the fault line; if you don't deal with this fault line, you're going to have an earthquake, that's what we… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
At the end, I said [chemical weapons] is something not to be discussed with anyone. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
We never said that the majority [of the terrorists] are not Syrians, but we said that the minority is what they call… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
In the initiative that we issued at the beginning of year 2013 we said every party with no exceptions as long as… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
We're not in the area where the alleged chemical attack happened. I said alleged. We're not sure that anything happened. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Some of these agendas wanted me to quit, very simply, so they said "we have all the guarantees if you want to… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
We don't discuss this issue [ chemical weapons ] in public because we never said that we have it, and we never… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
There's a video about one of those women who they consider as rebel or fighter who worked with those terrorists and she… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
We said [U.S] are going to be repercussions of the mistaken way of dealing with it, of treating the terrorism, but nobody… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
We didn't say that 80% [of terrorists], for example, or the majority or the vast majority, are foreigners. We said the vast… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
There's a video on YouTube where the terrorists clearly make trials [of chemical weapons] on a rabbit and kill the rabbit and… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
We asked for a delegation [of the Red Cross] in March 2013 when the first attack happened in Aleppo in the north… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Whatever the American officials said about the conflicts in Syria in general has no credibility. Whatever they say, it's just lies and,… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
John Kerry presented his confidence and his convictions. It's not about confidence, it's about evidence. The Russians have completely opposite evidence that… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
I said we don't pin a lot of hopes of changing administrations [in U.S.] because that context has been going on for… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Our soldiers in another area were attacked chemically. Our soldiers - they went to the hospital as casualties because of chemical weapons,… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
[Barack] Obama can draw lines for himself and his country, not for other countries. We have our red lines, like our sovereignty,… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
To have or not to have [chemical weapons] is a possibility, but to depend on what media says is nonsense, or to… — 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
Regarding fighting terrorism, we are ready to cooperate with anyone in this world with no conditions. That's crux of our policy, not… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
As I said, this [repercussions] may take different forms : direct and indirect. Direct when people want to retaliate, or governments. Indirect… — 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
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
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
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
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
I will tell [Barack Obama] very simply : present what you have as evidence to the public, be transparent. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share
[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
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
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
[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
Conversely, it is correct to say that bringing about peace would be the best way to fight terror. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share
The hope for an American is different from the hope of a Syrian. For me, I should be the hope of the Syrian, not… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share
![“At the end, I said [chemical weapons] is something not to be discussed with anyone.” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abf/bashar-al-assad-1027_chemical-weapons_at-the-end-i-said-chemical-weapons-is-so_957792.jpg)
![“We never said that the majority [of the terrorists] are not Syrians, but we said that the minority is what they call "free Syrian army." That's what we said.” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/bashar-al-assad-1027_army_we-never-said-that-the-majority-of-the-t_383560.jpg)
![“We don't discuss this issue [ chemical weapons ] in public because we never said that we have it, and we never said that we don't have it. It's a Syrian issue ; it's a military issue we never discuss in public with anyone.” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/bashar-al-assad-1027_chemical-weapons_we-don-t-discuss-this-issue-chemical-wea_775248.jpg)
![“We said [U.S] are going to be repercussions of the mistaken way of dealing with it, of treating the terrorism, but nobody expected 11th of September. So, you cannot expect. It is difficult for anyone to tell you what is going to happen. It's an area where everything is on the brink of explosion…” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffd/bashar-al-assad-1027_areas_we-said-u-s-are-going-to-be-repercussion_384269.jpg)
![“We didn't say that 80% [of terrorists], for example, or the majority or the vast majority, are foreigners. We said the vast majority are Al-Qaeda or Al-Qaeda offshoot organizations in this region.” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3d/bashar-al-assad-1027_al-qaeda_we-didn-t-say-that-80-of-terrorists-for_2494544.jpg)
![“There's a video on YouTube where the terrorists clearly make trials [of chemical weapons] on a rabbit and kill the rabbit and said "this is how we're going to kill the Syrian people."” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/bashar-al-assad-1027_chemical-weapons_there-s-a-video-on-youtube-where-the-ter_2885918.jpg)
![“We asked for a delegation [of the Red Cross] in March 2013 when the first attack happened in Aleppo in the north of Syria ; they delayed it till just a few days before al-Ghouta when they sent those team, and the team itself said in its report that he did everything as he wanted. There was not a…” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/bashar-al-assad-1027_als_we-asked-for-a-delegation-of-the-red-cro_1425613.jpg)
![“I said we don't pin a lot of hopes of changing administrations [in U.S.] because that context has been going on for more than fifty years now, and that's expected. If they want to continue in the same position of the United States creating problems around the world, that's what they have to do…” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac6/bashar-al-assad-1027_administration_i-said-we-don-t-pin-a-lot-of-hopes-of-ch_246213.jpg)
![“[Barack] Obama can draw lines for himself and his country, not for other countries. We have our red lines, like our sovereignty, our independence, while if you want to talk about world red lines, the United States used depleted uranium in Iraq, Israel used white phosphorus in Gaza, and nobody said…” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ab/bashar-al-assad-1027_barack_barack-obama-can-draw-lines-for-himself_1519898.jpg)
![“To have or not to have [chemical weapons] is a possibility, but to depend on what media says is nonsense, or to depend on some of the reports of the intelligence is nonsense and that was proven when they invaded Iraq ten years ago and they said "Iraq has stockpiles of WMD" and it was proven after…” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/600/bashar-al-assad-1027_chemical-weapons_to-have-or-not-to-have-chemical-weapons_2090568.jpg)
![“As I said, this [repercussions] may take different forms : direct and indirect. Direct when people want to retaliate, or governments. Indirect when you're going to have instability and the spread of terrorism all over the region that will influence the west directly.” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8b/bashar-al-assad-1027_different_as-i-said-this-repercussions-may-take-di_893846.jpg)