Syria Quotes

And also I think the rise of other, you could say, destinations for international jihadis mean that Pakistan isn't necessarily the place…

— Mohsin Hamid

I am encouraged President Obama now says he will fulfill his constitutional obligation to seek authorization for any potential military action in…

— Rand Paul

I can tell you who's planning terroris attacks. The leaders of ISIL. And I can tell you where they're at. They're in…

— Rand Paul

The Trump administration launched the cruise missile strikes in Syria, an act of war, without a U.N. resolution or Congressional authorization.

— Peter Bergen

I think the president's [Barack Obama] position has been very clear on Syria. He wants more aggressive, he's put the Special Ops…

— Juan Williams

It cannot be an American fight. And I think what the president [Barack Obama] has consistently said - which I agree with…

— Hillary Clinton

People talk about [Bashar] Assad running Syria. He doesn't control his own country. He's down to about 20, 25 percent of the…

— John F. Kerry

Bombing Syria will achieve nothing.

— Frankie Boyle

Turkey's a valued ally, important ally for NATO, not the least because of its strategic geographic location, bordering Syria and Iraq and…

— Jens Stoltenberg

If George Bush [Jr.] decided he was going to turn the troops loose on Syria and Iran after that he would last…

— Lawrence Eagleburger

I would not be surprised to see Syria break apart entirely.

— James G. Stavridis

You have the refugee crisis triggered by Syria. That's got a lot of costs associated with it. Domestically, budgets are incredibly tight…

— Bill Gates

I have been a long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees. Today, as you are aware, Turkey, Lebanon,…

— Queen Noor of Jordan

Iran, Libya and Syria are irresponsible states, which must be disarmed of weapons of mass destruction, and a successful American move in…

— Ariel Sharon

In 2013 I voted against military intervention in Syria.

— Crispin Blunt

I mean, you can agree or disagree with Iraq or Afghanistan, but by the way, now the great campaigning cause out there…

— Tony Blair

The majority of Arab people see the United States and Israel (definitely not Iran or Syria) as the greatest danger to the…

— Andre Vltchek

“It's when the 'international community' expresses 'concern' about your 'situation' that your situation is well and truly fucked.”

— Michael D. Weiss

You cannot bring peace in Syria as long as [Bashar] Assad is, in fact, there.

— John F. Kerry

Syria will remain a hotbed of terrorism as long as the civil war, aided and abetted by the Iranians and the Russians,…

— Hillary Clinton

You cannot deny reality: that ISIS is systematically attempting to exterminate Christianity, to exterminate the Yazidi community, to exterminate other religious minorities…

— Jeff Fortenberry

This war [in Syria] is going to support Al-Qaeda and the same people that killed Americans in the 11th of September. The…

— Bashar al-Assad

There's an agreement that Syria should be a unified country, united; that it needs to be secular; that ISIL needs to be…

— John F. Kerry

Israel is becoming a fortress. Fences along the borders with Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria.

— Richard Engel

WASHINGTON - Ever since President Obama ordered American warplanes to begin bombing terrorist targets in Iraq and Syria last year, members of…

— Peter Baker