Syria Quotes · Page 4

There is no military solution to the challenges of Syria.

— David Petraeus

Putin has outsmarted Hillary Clinton in Syria.

— Donald Trump

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

— James G. Stavridis

Syria's population is 74% Sunni Muslim.

— Elliott Abrams

I think about Syria when I go to bed at night.

— Samantha Power

The situation in Syria is quite different from Libya.

— Fareed Zakaria

We have no vital national interest in Syria's civil war.

— Pat Buchanan

If you don't win and the terrorists win, Syria wouldn't exist anymore.

— Bashar al-Assad

Syria is attracting a lot more Westerners than the Iraq War ever did because it's the perfect Sunni jihad.

— Peter Bergen

I don't see a situation where one side will win militarily, take over Syria, and there will be peace and quiet, a…

— Kofi Annan

[Enemies of Syria] are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to…

— Bashar al-Assad

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

— Barack Obama

Bashar al-Assad and those who still stand by him are now responsible for the deaths of more than 20,000 in Syria.

— Susan Rice

We must do everything we can to be more aggressive in confronting Syria about what they are doing in Iraq.

— Sam Brownback

What ISIS has proven is that they're not only active in Syria and Iraq, but they're active in Europe.

— Haim Saban

Jordan is the only Arab state that has provided citizenship to Palestinian refugees and integrated them. But something has to be done…

— Walter Russell Mead

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

Let's be realistic, every terrorist came to Syria, he came through Turkey with the support of [Recep Tayyip] Erdogan. So, fighting those…

— Bashar al-Assad

Every friend of Syria is looking for peaceful solution, and we are convinced about that. We have this advice, and without this…

— Bashar al-Assad

The monster is growing all the time. The numbers (of fighters) and the abilities at the Islamic State's disposal are great and…

— Hassan Nasrallah

“The lead-up to the moment was magical in every respect, but a part of me was, and still is, uneasy about the…

— Zack Love

So my judgment is that Syria will move; Syria will change, as it embraces a legitimate relationship with the United States and…

— John F. Kerry

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

While sanctions against Iran and Syria are intended to constrain those countries' governments, they have had the unfortunate side effect of constraining…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

I believe that Assad must go. I believe he will go. But I believe - we want to make sure that America…

— Mitt Romney

I think we have to knock out ISIS. Right now Syria is fighting ISIS. We have people who want to fight both…

— Donald Trump

I was a part of the planning and attack package intelligence team for the strike against Syria in 1983 - in which…

— Malcolm Nance

“The blind faith in some half-assed conspiracy theories lines up with the logic of having to believe in something with no questions…

— Asaad Almohammad

Now in its third year in office, the Obama Administration has never championed the cause of human rights. Its slow reaction in…

— Elliott Abrams

I've been frankly very surprised at the intensity of our differences [with Russia]. I mean, between what appears to be hacking of…

— John Kasich

Wrapping rubber bands around a watermelon is not journalism. It is entertainment. But the key to success in media has always been…

— Henry Blodget

There was very little international support, even England wouldn't support [bombing of Syria], which is amazing.

— Noam Chomsky

The migrant question is directly linked to the crisis in Syria and Iraq.

— Francois Hollande

The regime of Bashar al-Assad will inevitably go down. And its collapse will be loud not only in Syria but across the…

— Saad Hariri

Republican control of the Senate = expanded neocon wars in Syria and Iraq. Boots on the ground are coming!

— Ron Paul

I believe it is wrong to give Moscow a rebate on Ukraine sanctions because of Syria.

— Martin Schulz

I've been involved in air strikes against Syria and operations against Syria numerous times in my career.

— Malcolm Nance

“A few minutes later, my eyes began to feel a bit droopy, but I vaguely noticed that Anissa was whispering something.”

— Zack Love

Forgiveness, dialogue, reconciliation - these are the words of peace, in beloved Syria, in the Middle East, in all the world.

— Pope Francis

I can only say it is not for us to decide who should lead Syria. It is for the Syrians to decide.

— Sergei Lavrov