Assad Quote by John F. Kerry

Bashar al-Assad needs to be replaced, but he can't be replaced with another Bashar al-Assad.

— Lee Zeldin

I think those who have wanted regime [of Bashar Assad] change have made a mistake.

— Rand Paul

The one way, possibly, out of this is for [Bashar] Assad to abdicate and plead, perhaps to Russia or somewhere else. Would save another…

— Rand Paul

I think it's too late. I think that there's been too much. This all started with the red line, walking away from it. The…

— John Kasich

If [Bashar] Assad himself could save this whole process by saying, "I will engage in a managed transition where we all work together to…

— John F. Kerry

[Bashar] Assad has made a series of choices ever since then that is literally destroying his country.

— John F. Kerry

In Syria, if [Bashar al-] Assad had just been a statesman and handed over the reigns in time, Syria would not be heading down…

— Richard Branson

Let's all recognize that, in a world full of disgusting dictators, Bashar Assad maybe ranks at the top. This is a guy, in order…

— Jake Tapper

We have always said there are two ways to resolve Syria, and both will end up with the same result: a Syria without Bashar…

— Adel al-Jubeir

I mean, all of these things that [Bashar Assad] has done, there's no way even if President Obama wanted to just play along that…

— John F. Kerry

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

— John F. Kerry

Bashar Assad has said many things. We will see in the near term whether he is serious about a political process.

— Adel al-Jubeir