Bashir Assad Quotes

If I were a Palestinian of the right age, I'd eventually join one of the terrorist organizations.

When an Indian meets a terrorist, we condemn this.

Terrorism has no nationality or religion.

Let there be no mistake, Hamas is a ruthless terrorist organization.

Like crime, terrorism is a fact of life. I grew up in Israel, where every unattended bag was a suspected bomb; when my family moved for a few years, it was to London in the early years of 'the Troubles.'

I condemn suicide bombings; it’s not acceptable as a Muslim to kill innocent people. It’s explainable. But explainable doesn’t mean justifiable.

We need Hasan Nasrallah, millions of Hasan Nasrallahs. We need millions of Osama bin Ladens. We need millions of people armed with real active rage…. if self-defense, and defending our values, our identity, our culture, and our religion is terrorism, then we welcome every type of terrorism on the face of the earth.

When we follow those who preach hatred, confrontation, and conflict, we are the ones who end up losing. We do not have the power or the means for a confrontation. This means that our sons will turn into bombs. If we incite them against others, this means that instead of building our society, and establishing a culture of dialogue within the society, we use the religious pulpit and satellite TV for incitement. Of course, the people who incite get away with it, and are never held accountable, but my son is the one who will pay the price. That is the problem, and unfortunately, the law does not punish those who incite. It punishes my son – the perpetrator

You cannot fight one terrorist organization by making use of another terrorist organization.

I condemn any form of terrorism and especially the terrorism that would affect my country and me.

Arafat conducts terror; his strategy is the strategy of terror.

ISIS has never fought a real battle.

Terrorism knows no boundaries and doesn't respect nations' sovereignties.

The fact that a terrorist was killed, and it doesn't matter if it was in Dubai or Gaza, is good news to those fighting terrorism.

The war against terrorism is terrorism. The whole thing is just bullshit.

Somebody ought to have the courage to tell the truth. These people are terrorists.

We don't tolerate terrorism. We go after the terrorists and those who support them and those who justify their actions.

Terror breeds terror. I am completely opposed to both state terror and those who respond in a similar way. There is no justification for any group that associates itself with the Left to kill innocents and encourage suicide bombings.

We as Iraqis have suffered enormously as a result of al-Qaeda and its leader.

Terrorism benefits the Arabs, it may lay waste the Yishuv and shake Zionism. But to follow in the Arabs' footsteps and ape their deeds is to be blind to the gulf between us. Our aims and theirs run counter: methods calculated to further theirs, are ruinous to us.

Empire breeds terrorism.

Hamas does not care about the lives of Palestinians. [They don't] care about the lives of Israelis or Americans. They don't care about their own lives. They consider dying for the sake of their ideology a way of worship.

We've got to keep fighting, and I will defeat ISIS.

O ye who believe, Fight those of the disbelievers who are near to you and let them find harshness in you.

A suicide bomber is a two-legged missile. Once it’s launched, it’s very difficult to intercept.