Bashar al Assad

The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.

When Lebanon started its resistance it was a small and divided country.

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.

I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.

Hizbullah is not a militia.

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.

The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves.

For Russia, there is not and there may not be another political option but democracy. However, Russian democracy is… not at all the realization of standards imposed on us from outside.

We should not just consume hydrocarbon fuel but use it to develop nuclear energy, hydro power and renewable energy sources.

The Comrade Wolf knows whom to eat, as the saying goes. It knows whom to eat and is not about to listen to anyone, it seems.

We live in a democracy and the Government has to be responsive to Parliament.

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made.

When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler.

Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men.

Radicals can be found in any environment.

I certainly wouldn’t sign the more moderate [bill]. I need a bill that gives this country tremendous border security. I have to have that. We have to have the wall.

Israel ranks her priorities in the following way: security, land, and water.

Why did the U.S. decide to normalize relations with Cuba?…Not a magnanimous gesture of courage to bring Cuba-to protect Cuba from its isolation, to save them from their isolation; quite the opposite, it was to save the U.S. from its isolation with the rest of the world.

Ultimately it’s a question of whether democracy is going to be allowed to exist, and to what extent. And it’s entirely natural that the business world, along with the state, which they largely dominate, would want to limit democracy. It threatens them.

We share one heart, one home, and one glorious destiny.