“The captain doesn't think about death, or life, he thinks about saving his ship.”
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Famous Bashar al-Assad Quotes
“I am president, I don't own the country so they are not my forces.”
“You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind.”
“I am Syrian, I was made in Syria, I have to live in Syria and die in Syria.”
“We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs.”
“Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.”
“The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.”
“The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy.”
“It is not my democracy as a person; it is our democracy as a society.”
“The first thing you have to learn is how to conduct dialogue and how to make it productive.”
“Circumstances don't matter, only my state of being matters. What state of being are you choosing?”