[Peace in Syria] is [António Guterres] priority, and of course it's our priority, that's self-evident.

[Enemies of Syria] are the enemies of the people and the enemies of God. And the enemies of God will go to hell.

It is not my democracy as a person; it is our democracy as a society.

You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind. So the core issue is how to open the mind, the whole society, and this means everybody in society including everyone. I am not talking about the state or average or common people. I am talking about everybody; because when you close your mind as an official you cannot upgrade and vice versa.

Without the public support, we cannot withstand two years and a half. Look at the other countries, look what happened in Libya, in Tunisia and in Egypt.

I am president, I don't own the country so they are not my forces.

We always say we have wishful thinking that the Unites States would be unbiased, respect the international law, doesn't interfere in other countries around the world, and of course to stop supporting terrorists in Syria.