110+ Bashar al-Assad Quotes On Education, War And Peace

Bashar al-Assad is the current President of Syria, a position he has held since 2000. He is the son of former President of Syria, Hafez al-Assad, and is a member of the Ba'ath party. He is a controversial figure, with many accusing him of human rights violations and war crimes during the Syrian Civil War. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Bashar al-Assad on education, war, peace.

Top 10 Bashar Al-Assad Quotes

1. No government in the world kills its people, unless it's led by a crazy person.
2. There is no such things as "Islamic terrorism," because terrorism differs from Islam. There's just terrorism, not Islamic terrorism. But the term "Islamic terrorism" has become widespread.
3. Whenever you have a war, the civilians and the innocents will pay the price. That's in any war, any war is a bad war.
4. It's a dangerous thing when someone gets up in the morning and has nothing to eat.
5. Sometimes you may kill tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands with very primitive armaments.
6. [Chemical weapons] isn't about what the United States believe in, it's about the reality that we have, and this reality, we own it, we don't have to discuss it.
7. [Enemies of Syria] are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to hell.
8. I don't want to talk about methods of killing. But what is the difference between a bomb worn on the body and one dropped from an airplane? Both of them kill people.
9. Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.
10. Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.

Bashar Al-Assad Short Quotes

• It's not exactly fair to make a mistake yourself and then start blaming others for it.
• The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy.
• Opposition doesn't mean to take arms and kill people and destroy everything.
• America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit.
• The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
• At the end, I said [chemical weapons] is something not to be discussed with anyone.
• As far as we are concerned, we Syria have not changed.
• [ Jihadists] are going to be against you sooner or later.
• Hizbullah is not a militia.
• Anyone who's not military knows this fact. Why do you use chemical weapons while you're advancing ?

Bashar al-Assad Quotes About War

The United States' credibility is at an all-time low. So, this war is against the interest of the Untied States. — Bashar al-Assad

I don't believe in war, I believe in the principle of deterrence. — Bashar al-Assad

But for us, in Syria, we have principles. We'll do anything to prevent the region from another crazy war. It's not only Syria. Because it will start in Syria. — Bashar al-Assad

In any war, people will pay the price. — Bashar al-Assad

If you want to talk about mistakes, every country has mistakes, every government has mistakes, every person has mistakes. When you have a war, you have more mistakes. That's the natural thing. — Bashar al-Assad

I've never heard of soft war.There's no soft war. War is war. Any war is ruthless. When you fight terrorists, you fight them like any other war. — Bashar al-Assad

When we analyze this war in a materialistic way and ask when is it going to end and who will be the winner and the loser, it means that we do not see the endgame. — Bashar al-Assad

We are facing an external attack against us, which is more dangerous than any other previous wars... We are dealing with those who are extremists, who only know the language of killing and criminality. — Bashar al-Assad

Regarding fighting terrorism, we are ready to cooperate with anyone in this world with no conditions. That's crux of our policy, not today, not yesterday; for years, even before the war on Syria, we always said that. — Bashar al-Assad

The American officials should learn to deal with reality. Why did the United States fail in most of its wars ? Because it always based its wars on the wrong information. So, whether they believe or not, this is not reality. — Bashar al-Assad

Bashar al-Assad Quotes About Peace

There can be no peace without unity. — Bashar al-Assad

Many people do not understand the difference between peace and a peace treaty. If you want to have real peace with normal relations between people, you need to have comprehensive peace. — Bashar al-Assad

[Peace in Syria] is [António Guterres] priority, and of course it's our priority, that's self-evident. — 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 advice we are convinced about it. — Bashar al-Assad

I would only give a prize to whoever works for the peace in Syria, first of all by stopping the terrorists from flowing towards Syria, only. — Bashar al-Assad

Conversely, it is correct to say that bringing about peace would be the best way to fight terror. — Bashar al-Assad

Bashar al-Assad Quotes About Israel

The Israeli lobby has clout in the U.S., which means that re-arranging the region and controlling its resources one way or another, will serve Israel through its control over the American administration. — Bashar al-Assad

It should be known that Israel is based on treachery. — Bashar al-Assad

We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel. — Bashar al-Assad

It would be a mistake to link anything that Israel does to a certain circumstance. And it is a mistake to feel comfortable in any circumstance just because Israel did not act on it. — Bashar al-Assad

You in Lebanon, your power is no match to Israel. Israel, militarily, is more powerful than you and maybe it is more powerful than all the Arab countries, or most of them. — Bashar al-Assad

Israel does not care about the international public opinion. — Bashar al-Assad

Israel ranks her priorities in the following way: security, land, and water. — Bashar al-Assad

Israel has WMD, and it has to sign [chemical warfare agreement], and Israel is occupying our land, so that's we talked about the Middle East, not Syria, not Israel ; it should be comprehensive. — Bashar al-Assad

None of us and none of the Arabs trust Israel. — Bashar al-Assad

Bashar al-Assad Quotes About Lebanon

As soon as the legitimate Lebanese government is convinced that the conditions have ripened and that Lebanon is able to maintain stability on its own... Then, the Syrian forces will return to their homeland. — Bashar al-Assad

Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very clear that there are ways to resist. — Bashar al-Assad

We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs. — Bashar al-Assad

It is even more so when it comes to Iraq, which is a large Arab country with scientific, material, and human resources and is able to accomplish, at the least, what Lebanon accomplished, and more. — Bashar al-Assad

When Lebanon started its resistance it was a small and divided country. — Bashar al-Assad

On the border area with Lebanon where [Hezbollah forces] want to protect themselves and cooperate with us, but they don't exist all over Syria. — Bashar al-Assad

Hezbollah fighters are on the borders with Lebanon where the terrorists attacked them. On the borders with Lebanon, this is where Hezbollah retaliated, and this is where we have cooperation, and that's good. — Bashar al-Assad

Bashar al-Assad Quotes About Iraq

Look at the results of regime change in Iraq. You can't possibly claim that it was successful. — Bashar al-Assad

The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus. — Bashar al-Assad

The U.S. and Britain are incapable of controlling all of Iraq. — Bashar al-Assad

Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land courageously. — Bashar al-Assad

Those who arrived on America's tanks are not credible in Iraq. — Bashar al-Assad

Any strike will be as direct support to Al-Qaeda offshoot that's called Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. You're right about this. It's going to be direct support. — Bashar al-Assad

Al-Qaeda has one ideology and they go back to the same leadership in Afghanistan or in Syria or in Iraq. That's the question. You have tens of thousands of foreigners, that's definitely correct. We are fighting them on the ground and we know this. — Bashar al-Assad

Bashar al-Assad Famous Quotes And Sayings

In Great Britain, an author published a book in which he claimed that Jesus Christ had children. Such statements don't trigger civil unrest and bloodshed in Europe. But write similar statements about Islam in Syria and you might see bloody uprisings. — Bashar al-Assad

It's very simple ; once the Western countries stop supporting those terrorists and making pressure on their puppet countries and client states like Saudi Arabia and Turkey and others, you'll have no problem in Syria. It will be solved easily. — Bashar al-Assad

I don't believe that in a couple of months Erdogan and the United States regime, and the Western regimes in general, and of course Saudi Arabia and Qatar, are going to stop the support of the terrorists. — Bashar al-Assad

[The Jews] tried to kill the principles of all religions with the same mentality in which they betrayed Jesus Christ and the same way they tried to betray and kill the Prophet Muhammad. — Bashar al-Assad

When you use an armament, you use it to defend the civilians. You kill terrorists in order to defend civilians. That's the natural role of any army in the world. — Bashar al-Assad

The problem with every American candidate regarding the presidency, I am not talking only about this campaign or elections, but generally, that they say something during the campaign and they do the opposite after the campaign. — Bashar al-Assad

According to what we've been seeing recently in the area where the terrorists control, where they ban people from going to schools, ban young men from shaving their beards, and women have to be covered from head to toe, and let's say in brief they live the Taliban style in Afghanistan, completely the same style. — Bashar al-Assad

The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy, the first thing is to involve the people in decision making, not to make it. — Bashar al-Assad

When our interests matched, the Americans have been good to us, and when the interests differed, they wanted us to mold ourselves to them, which we refused. — Bashar al-Assad

Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one. — Bashar al-Assad

[A conflict of Sunni vs. Shia] is in the mind of the Saudis, and this is in the minds of the Wahabists. [The Iranians] actually what they are doing is the opposite. They tried to open channels with the Saudi, with many other Islamic entities in the region in order to talk about Islamic society, not Sunni and Shi'ite societies. — Bashar al-Assad

When you have terrorists, you don't throw at them balloons or you don't use rubber sticks, for example. You have to use armaments. — Bashar al-Assad

Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East. That is why we are in contact with most of the problems forever, let us say, whether directly or indirectly. — Bashar al-Assad

Under Syrian law, a journalist is not allowed to report on military matters. This may be wrong or right, but that's just the way it is. — Bashar al-Assad

They want to criticize you, let them criticize and do not worry. Just be transparent with your people and tell them this is the reality. — Bashar al-Assad

Almost all countries have natural dividing lines, and when ethnic and religious partition occurs in one country, it'll soon happen elsewhere. — Bashar al-Assad

We learned that lesson very well, especially in the eighties, that terrorists cannot be used as a political card, you cannot put it in your pocket, because it's like a scorpion; it will bite you someday. — Bashar al-Assad

We have hopes that we can see rational American presidents; fair, obey the international law, deal with other countries according to mutual respect, parity, etc., but we all know that this is only wishful thinking and fantasy. — Bashar al-Assad

In the United States, they always talk about subtitles, about chapters in a book without taking the main title of the book. They talk about a subtitle in a chapter and if you ask them about the headline, the main title, they say they do not know. — Bashar al-Assad

Without the public support, we cannot withstand two years and a half. Look at the other countries, look what happened in Libya, in Tunisia and in Egypt. — Bashar al-Assad

The army is making good advancement on daily basis against the terrorists. Of course, they still have the support of Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and some Western countries including the United States, but the only option that we have in that regard is to win. — Bashar al-Assad

This is the Middle East, where every week you have something new; so whatever you talk about this week will not be valuable next week. — Bashar al-Assad

Your policy should be a mixture between your interests and how you reach your ends, but based on values. It cannot be only the end justifies the means, because for the criminals, ends justify the means, for thieves, for every illegal and immoral action, the end justifies the means. — Bashar al-Assad

Let's be realistic, every terrorist came to Syria, he came through Turkey with the support of [Recep Tayyip] Erdogan. So, fighting those terrorists is like fighting the army of Erdogan, not the Turkish army, the army of Erdogan. — Bashar al-Assad

There's a video about one of those women who they consider as rebel or fighter who worked with those terrorists and she said "they didn't tell us how to use the chemical weapons" and one of those weapons exploded in one of the tunnels and killed twelve. That's what she said. — Bashar al-Assad

No doubt that the U.S. is a super-power capable of conquering a relatively small country, but is it able to control it? — Bashar al-Assad

How can you be afraid to feel? Isn't fear a feeling? If you're feeling fear, you've felt one of the most negative emotions there is to feel. Everything else should be a piece of cake. Feel good, feel happy, feel healthy, feel loved, feel abundant, feel creative, feel compassionate, feel knowledgeable, feel powerful. — Bashar al-Assad

We always say we have wishful thinking that the Unites States would be unbiased, respect the international law, doesn't interfere in other countries around the world, and of course to stop supporting terrorists in Syria. — Bashar al-Assad

You want me to believe American evidence and don't want me to believe the indications that we have. We live here, this is our reality. — Bashar al-Assad

Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for himself what happened in Palestine. — Bashar al-Assad

Trust that the thing in life that excites you the most comes complete with all the tools necessary to support you in the doing of that thing. It is automatic; it is built in. All you need to do is act on the opportunities that doing that situation brings to you. — Bashar al-Assad

Hamas will not disappear. Hamas will not raise the white flag. Hamas has the trust of the people, and anyone who wishes to destroy it must destroy an entire people. — Bashar al-Assad

Whether [Turkey] is a NATO country or not, it doesn't have the right to invade any other country according to the international law or to any other moral value. — Bashar al-Assad

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 single obstacle. — Bashar al-Assad

Before the 11th of September, in my discussions with many officials of the United States, some of them are Congressmen, I used to say that "don't deal with terrorists as playing games." It's a different story. You're going to pay the price if you're not wise in dealing with terrorists. — Bashar al-Assad

Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East. — Bashar al-Assad

First of all, when you have a doctor who cut the leg to prevent the patient from the gangrene if you have to, we don't call butcher ; you call him a doctor, and thank you for saving the lives. — Bashar al-Assad

We've been dealing with this kind of terrorism since the fifties, since the Muslim Brotherhood came to Syria at that time. — Bashar al-Assad

There's a difference between responsibility of the policy and responsibility of the practice. In any practice, you have malpractice, that's another issue. When you talk about state and President, you always talk about the decisions and the policy. — Bashar al-Assad

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." — Bashar al-Assad

When you talk about humanitarian, it doesn't only mean to offer the people the help, the food, their necessary needs for their life. The first thing, if you ask the Syrian refugees, for example, the first thing they want is to go back to their country. — Bashar al-Assad

For Turkey, they think that if the Muslim Brotherhood take over the rest of the region, they will be very comfortable, they will be very happy, they will make sure that their political future is guaranteed. — Bashar al-Assad

We have the precedent of Collin Powell ten years ago, when he showed the evidence, it was false, and it was forged. — Bashar al-Assad

I never rejected any responsibility, but that depends on the decision. — Bashar al-Assad

I don't believe the United States will be ready to join Russia in fighting terrorists in Syria. — Bashar al-Assad

It is not my democracy as a person; it is our democracy as a society. — Bashar al-Assad

You have to be very closely linked to the beliefs of the people. This is the core issue. When there is divergence between your policy and the people's beliefs and interests, you will have this vacuum that creates disturbance. — Bashar al-Assad

We've been living in difficult circumstances and we prepare ourselves for every possibility. But that doesn't mean if you're prepared things will be better ; it's going to get worse with any foolish strike or stupid war. — Bashar al-Assad

Everybody knows that the United Nations is not the Secretary-General; he has an important position, but the United Nations is the states within this organization, and to be frank, most of the people say only the five permanent members; this is the United Nations because they have the veto, they can do whatever they want and they can refuse whatever they want, and if there's a reform that is very much needed for this organization. — Bashar al-Assad

With the time, yes we can be worried, because the secular state should reflect secular society, and this secular society, with the time, if you don't get rid of those terrorists and these extremists and the Wahabi style, of course it will influence at least the new and the coming generations. — Bashar al-Assad

Every country has criminals who have to be fought. They can exist anywhere, including the government or the army - or outside the government and army. — Bashar al-Assad

Tayyip Erdoğan is megalomaniac President, he is not stable. He lives during the Ottoman era, he doesn't live in the current time. He's out of touch with the reality. — Bashar al-Assad

Even if you want to take the American story, they say we used chemical weapons the same day the team or the investigation team came to Syria ; is it logical ? It's not logical. Even if a country or army wanted to use such weapon, they should have waited a few days till the investigation finished its work. It's not logical, the whole story doesn't even hold together. — Bashar al-Assad

Some of these agendas wanted me to quit, very simply, so they said "we have all the guarantees if you want to leave, and all the money and everything you want." Of course, you just ignore that. — Bashar al-Assad

If you ask Americans whether they've been successful at sealing the border with Mexico, they'll tell you that it's a very difficult proposition. — Bashar al-Assad

As we see now the American officials, they say something in the morning and they do the opposite in the evening. So, you cannot judge those people according to what they say. You cannot take them at their words, to be frank. — Bashar al-Assad

Terrorism is a state of mind that on the one hand has to do with ignorance and, on the other hand, can be attributed to a feeling of desperation over the political situation, which at some point takes the form of revenge. — Bashar al-Assad

In the initiative that we issued at the beginning of year 2013 we said every party with no exceptions as long as they give up their armaments. — Bashar al-Assad

You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind. — Bashar al-Assad

This is cooperation [with Hezbollah, Iran , from Russia], I don't know what you mean by support. We have cooperation with countries for decades. Why talk about this cooperation now ? — Bashar al-Assad

Our democracy should reflect our culture and our habits and our customs and our reality at the same time. — Bashar al-Assad

Life Lessons by Bashar al-Assad

1. Bashar al-Assad has shown that strong leadership and decisive action can be effective in maintaining power and stability in a country.
2. He has also demonstrated the importance of having a clear vision and strategy for the nation and its people.
3. Lastly, his work has highlighted the need for a strong and unified government to protect the interests of the country and its citizens.