Bashar al Assad

It is natural that we should always expect an Israeli attack, even when it does not threaten.

America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit.

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.

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.

I am not a puppet. I was not made by the West to go to the West or to any other country.

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.

That’s the whole point of good propaganda. You want to create a slogan that nobody’s going to be against, and everybody’s going to be for. Nobody knows what it means, because it doesn’t mean anything.

If inflation continues to soar, you’re going to have to work like a dog just to live like one.

It is more pleasant and useful to go through the ‘experience of the revolution’ than to write about it.

My working and personal relationship with President Obama is marked by growing trust. I appreciate this.

If you do politics the right way, I believe, you can actually make people’s lives better. And integrity is the minimum ante to get into the game.

Overall, we are moving in the right direction. We have started on the trajectory toward robust economic growth in Russia. Yes, this growth is humble, small, but it is also not a fall. Growth was at 1.5 percent last year.

I propose getting rid of conventional armaments and replacing them with reasonably priced hydrogen bombs that will be distributed equally throughout the world.

We need to be very careful. Democracy is the issue, and democracy ought to be the means by which we decide these issues, rather than secret negotiations resulting in a fait accompli being presented to us.

Let’s just be smart this time. I’m looking for smart.

Fleas can be taught nearly anything that a Congressman can.

The commentators of 1963 speak, in discussing Africa, of the Monrovia States, the Brazzaville Group, the Casablanca Powers, of these and many more. Let us put an end to these terms. What we require is a single African organisation through which Africa’s single voice may be heard, within which Africa’s problems may be studied and resolved.

I’ll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.

The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens. Any government that fails to do so is a government unworthy to lead.

We don’t need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole.

As in the past, the costs and risks of the coming phases of the industrial economy were to be socialized, with eventual profits privatized …