Frasi di Hafiz al-Assad

“Gli Arabi sono una nazione e Israele è uno straniero per questa nazione e non ha alcun nesso con i suoi scopi. Questa è una questione ovvia che non ha alcun bisogno di essere discussa.”

Any time Israel seeks to confront us, we will not feel any anxiety because we will be ready to confront Israel not only on the territory of Syria alone but anywhere in the Arab homeland.

“Non posso immaginare quale sia il nesso tra la lotta dei palestinesi nei monti più alti del Libano e la liberazione della Palestina.”

The Arabs are one nation and Israel is a stranger to this nation and it has no connection with its aims. This is a self-evident matter which needs no debate.

“Ci sono migliaia in Libano che non hanno la nazionalità libanese. La maggior parte dei leader arabi hanno saputo per molti anni di questa realtà concernente il Libano. Molti sono intervenuti a mediare, hanno combattuto e sofferto per risolvere questo problema, ma non è stato risolto.”

I cannot imagine what the connection is between the fighting of Palestinians in the highest mountains of Lebanon and the liberation of Palestine.

“I cospiratori volevano confonderci, mai noi confondemmo loro. Usarono vari metodi sleali, ma fallirono. Fallirono nel conseguire un singolo obiettivo. Cercarono di manovrare i fili dietro le quinte, ma noi li tagliammo, come taglieremo tutti i fili.”

There are thousands in Lebanon who do not have Lebanese nationality. Most Arab leaders have known this fact about Lebanon for many years. Many interceded, fought and struggled to resolve this problem, but it was not resolved.

“Coloro che gridano da lontano dovrebbero sapere che non ho alcuna sete di potere. Sono solo un membro di questo popolo.”

The conspirators wanted to confuse us, but we confused them. They used various crooked means, but they failed. They failed to achieve a single objective. They tried to pull strings, but we cut them and we will cut all the strings.

“Le risorse del nostro paese sono infinite, ma la maggior parte sono nascoste. Dovete cercarle e metterle al lavoro, così potremo trarre beneficio da loro ovunque e in ogni ambito.”

Those who cry out from afar should know that I have no lust for power. I am only a member of this people.

“Strike the enemy’s settlements, turn them into dust, pave the Arab roads with the skulls of Jews.”

The resources of our country are boundless but most of them are latent. You must search for them and set them to work so that we may benefit from them everywhere and in every field.

Hafiz al-Assad: Frasi in inglese

“Our forces are now entirely ready not only to repulse the aggression, but to initiate the act of liberation itself, and to explode the Zionist presence in the Arab homeland. The Syrian army, with its finger on the trigger, is united…. I, as a military man, believe that the time has come to enter into a battle of annihilation.”

Michael B. Oren, Six Days of War [Oxford University Press, 2002], p293

“Death a thousand times to the hired Muslim Brothers, Death a thousand times to the Muslim Brothers, the criminal Brothers, the corrupt Brothers.”

6 Days War: Crucial quotes, 2010-6-28 http://www.sixdaywar.co.uk/crucial_quotes.htm, <br class="br"> Arab Threats Against Israel, 2010-6-28 http://www.sixdaywar.org/content/threats.asp,

“Why should we not boycott the Soviet Union and its supporters inside the country? If we do so, we can force them to review their stand. Either they give us what we want and what is necessary or they will lose our friendship.”

[Robert Fisk: Freedom, democracy and human rights in Syria, Robert Fisk, THE INDEPENDENT, 16 September 2010, http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-freedom-democracy-and-human-rights-in-syria-2080463.html]