Assad Regime Quotes

#1. The Assad regime is quite reliant on oil exports.

Elliott Abrams

#2. Iran's arms exports to the murderous Assad regime in Syria are of particular concern. As the Panel of Experts has concluded, Syria is now the central party to illicit Iranian arms transfers.

Susan Rice

#3. In August 2012, the international community should have been far more determined in dealing with the Bashar Assad regime.

Francois Hollande

#4. The transition from tyranny to democracy is very hard. The Syrian people have to handle this in a way that works in Syria. And the brutality of the Assad regime is unacceptable.

Jacob Lew

#5. The fate of Syria hangs in the balance, but it is entirely possible that the fall of the Assad regime will result in anarchy and cause Syria to turn into a second Afghanistan, a base for anti-Israel terrorism.

Martin Van Creveld

#6. Syrians need to prepare for the aftermath if the Assad regime falls. Atrocities that could be considered war crimes have been committed in this country, and Syrians should rightly demand that the perpetrators be held accountable.

Richard Engel

#7. President Bush was disgusted by the Assad regime's oppression of the Syrian people as well as its support for terrorism, interference in Lebanon, and encouragement of jihadist attacks on Americans in Iraq.

Elliott Abrams

#8. The Assad regime has lost the consent of the governed, and it is difficult to see how a replacement Alawite regime would be able to regain this consent.

Elliott Abrams

#9. Some sad news, President Bush's lapdog passed away. Gee, I didn't even know Tony Blair was sick?

Jay Leno

#10. President Bashar Assad's regime is in the unique position of being targeted both by Israel and supporters of al Qaeda.

Richard Engel

#11. If you learn from a loss you have not lost.

Austin O'Malley

#12. The historical trajectory of violence affects not only how life is lived but how it is understood.

Steven Pinker

#13. I think that if you believe in regime change, you're mistaken. In 2013, we put 600 tons of weapons - us, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar - into the war against [Bashar] Assad. By pushing Assad back, we did create a safe space.

Rand Paul

#14. The Produce Gem grins from half-way down the chip aisle. "And I thought the cucumber choosing was detailed."
Cash.
He was watching.
He saw me breaking it down.
He saw my invisible bad summer-time fashion choices.

Pella Grace

#15. Look at the results of regime change in Iraq. You can't possibly claim that it was successful.

Bashar Al-Assad

#16. A majority of the Syrian people believe in the regime and support Bashar al-Assad.

Hassan Nasrallah

#17. A tree as wide as a man's embrace grows from a tiny shoot.

Laozi

#18. Some leaders think time will solve the problem. Their hope is that Assad's regime will ultimately fall from the heavy toll of the horrors it has spawned. From past experience with such regimes, this scenario is unlikely to happen.

Ahmed Zewail

#19. Well, I think the U.S. has been careful not to go too far in attacking Iran's allies, in particular in attacking Hezbollah forces in Syria, which have been propping up the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

David Ignatius

#20. I think those who have wanted regime [of Bashar Assad] change have made a mistake.

Rand Paul

#21. Innumeracy and pseudoscience are often associated, in part because of the ease with which mathematical certainty can be invoked, to bludgeon the innumerate into a dumb acquiescence.

John Allen Paulos

#22. To become desireless, to not want anything external to ourselves, means we rest in ourselves, whole, joyous and happy. In this state, our true nature is constant love, unending love, giving love.

Lawrence Crane

#23. Never believe the beautiful. Trust me on this.

Crystal Woods

#24. [Hillary] Clinton is too much into regime change and a little bit too aggressive without knowing what the unintended consequences might be. Yes, we could get rid of Assad tomorrow, but that would create another political vacuum that would benefit ISIS.

Bernie Sanders

#25. 'Shabiha' is a difficult word to translate into English. It comes from the word Syrians used to describe the luxury Mercedes favored by the Assad family's operatives that the enforcers of the regime used to move money, smuggle weapons and intimidate opponents.

Richard Engel

#26. Assad's regime helped ISIS grow by attacking other opposition forces and rarely targeting ISIS.

Richard Engel