- The seasons of conspiracy is flourishing.
- I wish I had met every Syrian citizen.
- I salute all citizens, every brother and sister who renounced their valued and not so valued possessions to make Syria strong.
- My delay in delivering a speech gave room to plenty of rumors in the country.
- I was late in delivering my speech because I wanted to talk about what I have achieved [so far] and what I want to achieve.
- My popular meetings establish the greatness of those Syrian people that are responsive and patriotic.
- We meet at a [critical] moment in the history of our country.
- I present my condolences to the [families] of the martyrs. Despite the great loss and pain, we discovered our true national metal, with its strength and its weaknesses.
- Our choice is to look forward to the future…we control events and we lead them instead of allowing them to lead us.
- The question today is: what is happening [in Syria]?
- I do not [doubt] that in the past Syria has been the target of conspiracies. Conspiracies are like germs, they cannot be abolished, but immunity against them can be strengthened.
- Some say that there is no conspiracy. This is not an objective remark.
- What is there to say about the foreign stances that are exerting pressure on Syria?
- What is there to say about the media and the state-of-the-art cell phones that the Syrian people are using?
- What is happening in the Syrian streets has three constituents:
- The first is the need that is motivating some people and we should all listen to them and not neglect their demands.
- But the people’s need cannot be an incentive to vandalize. Some people took to the streets to demonstrate but most of them did not have motives to do so.
- Those who want to vandalize are exploiting the Syrian people.
- The state’s efforts to implement the law does not justify its neglect of the people’s needs, and some people’s needs do not justify spreading chaos and violating the law.
- There is still a fear factor that is preventing the people from approaching state institutions.
- About the amnesty law, it was the most comprehensive one. I will ask the Justice Ministry to study the possibility to expand the amnesty in future decrees.
- The most dangerous thing is extremism. It surfaces when it is offered the chance.
- However, [extremism] kills in the name of religion and vandalizes under the pretext of reform.
- Arms were used to vandalize and they were used during demonstrations.
- They distorted the image of the country [on the international level] and called for foreign interference and tried to weaken [Syria’s] political and national stance.
- Some people meant to use sectarian rhetoric [to escalate the situation].
- I am only talking about a minority - few Syrian people who used arms and committed genocide, which was the case in the town of Jisr al-Shughur.
- They tried to commit other massacres such as in the city of Maarat an-Naaman but the town’s people thwarted the armed people’s attempts.
- Many succeeded [in spreading chaos] but many failed.
- The response came from the Syrian people, who showed a high level of awareness.
- Ethical and psychological chaos is hard to be reformed. This is what they want to achieve…We might not feel it today but the price [that we will have to pay in the future] is going to be high.
- Did the revolution improve the situation? There is no evolution without stability.
- Thus, we have to reform what was vandalized, and those who spread chaos. We must [go as far as] isolating them and then we will be able to progress.
- I met many groups of people…despite general frustration I felt love and care from these people who represent the majority of the Syrian people.
- Meeting with the people was the most important thing I did. I feel the same way toward them too.
- My meetings were honest and wide-ranging. Some were local and targeted the district-level and others were more general.
- The people expressed anger melded with care. I sensed suffering with respect to the wages, and the lack of justice….but I also felt the love of this people and their support for our political path.
- The most dangerous thing are the results of corruption. Corruption is a decrease in ethics...institutions must be improved through reforms.
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