Syria Quotations | Page 2

Syria was guided, in the time of Assad, not like a country, but like a farm -- it's owned by someone and he has a 100 percent free hand to do whatever he wants, like the owner of a farm.

Syria must immediately end the flow of arms to militias within Lebanon and cooperate with the Lebanese government on border security.

Syria must come up with tangible counter-proof to the accusations in the report.

Syria maintains a sizable presence of military and intelligence officials in Lebanon in contravention of the U.N. Security Council Resolution 1559,

Syria is trying to strengthen its hegemony in Lebanon by controlling more and more institutions,

Syria is obliged to abide by the terms of security council resolutions. They are clearly not co-operating and this is a matter of serious concern.

Syria is now in the center of the danger zone.

Syria is not incapable of establishing a resistance and deterrent balance that would force Israel to reconsider its calculations,

Syria is looking for more time. It is promising cooperation on a broad scale but has launched diplomatic contacts to try to slow things down,

Syria is innocent of this crime. Syria is ready and willing to put to trial any Syrian conclusively implicated in that crime.