Action Quote by Rex W. Tillerson

IS [Islamic State] has played a major role in helping Bashar al-Assad to reposition Syria on the international scene. Now, it is almost impossible…

— Tariq Ramadan

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

— 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

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

I think we can all agree [Bashar] Assad is a bad and evil actor, but I'm not so sure that we want the Islamic…

— Rand Paul

Unless there is meaningful change in Syria and an end to the crackdown, President Assad and those around him will find themselves isolated internationally…

— William Hague

I think Obama sees everything through one lens. Doing nothing in the face of the slaughter in Syria is not only shameful, it is…

— Paul Wolfowitz

Assad is the president of Syria. He enjoys fairly effective control over his country.

— Ehud Olmert

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

— John F. Kerry

Bashar Assad has been so brutal toward the Sunni within Syria that he created the space that led to the people of Syria themselves…

— Marco Rubio

I think [Bashar] Assad is a bad guy, a very bad guy, all right?

— Donald Trump

Assad is not going away, but we're not going to stop beating up on him. We're not going to stop saying that the way…

— Nikki Haley