Bashar al Assad

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.

We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.

It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.

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.

But the issue has to do with land, which is our land.

First rule of politics: you can’t win unless you’re on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.

In accordance with the prevailing conceptions in the U.S., there is no infringement on democracy if a few corporations control the information system: in fact, that is the essence of democracy.

There should be no unemployment. There is large percentage of labor now which cannot make a living because wages are not high enough. That is industry’s 2nd job. 1st job is to make good product. 2nd pay a good wage.

I wouldn’t have the Presidency or any political office-don’t want anything to do with it nor have politics have anything to do with me.

It was in the townships where we shed so much blood. Nothing could have been achieved without the sacrifice of the people. Black people.

No one’s asked me. If somebody felt there was a job I could actually do I would consider it — not out of any ambition to be in Washington, but I do want to rise to the occasion of serving there if warranted.

[on Bill and Hillary Clinton] Everybody in politics lies, but they do it with such ease, it’s troubling.

It’s a time for the unconventional. I’m not a traditional thinker. I’m a non-conformist. So [Trump’s victory] relates to the non-conformist part of me.

The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.

The Affordable Care Act isn’t Barack’s legacy, it’s the country’s legacy.

The “We are America, bitch” posture appeals to chauvinistic instincts and the white supremacy that is a deeply rooted feature of American culture and is now exacerbated by concern that whites might even become a minority.I don’t incidentally suggest that the [media] deceit is conscious. Much more likely, it’s just the enormous power of conformity to convention, to what Gramsci called hegemonic “common sense.” Some ideas are not even rejected; they are unthinkable.

Controversy may rage as long as it adheres to the presuppositions that define the consensus of elites, and it should furthermore be encouraged within these bounds…while reinforcing the belief that freedom reigns.

In essence, they are sawing the branch on which they are sitting. This is counterproductive and damaging for those involved and for the global economy.

We have the best government that money can buy.

Our ignorance can be divided into problems and mysteries. When we face a problem, we may not know its solution, but we have insight, increasing knowledge, and an inkling of what we are looking for. When we face a mystery, however, we can only stare in wonder and bewilderment, not knowing what an explanation would even look like.