Burhan Ghalioun famous quotes

It is imperative to use forceful measures to force the regime to respect human rights.
-- Burhan Ghalioun

#Human Rights

The current relationship between Syria and Iran is abnormal. It is unprecedented in Syria's foreign policy history. A new Syria will be an indispensable part of the Arab League and it will work on improving the role of the Arab League and the role of Arab states regionally, specifically because they took a historic and unprecedented decision to back the Syrian people.
-- Burhan Ghalioun

#League #People #Decision

Let us be clear: there are no Salafist armed groups in Syria. Those carrying arms are mostly members of the dissident army. The armed groups are defected soldiers. But they are not all organized. After they defect, they often disappear into different neighborhoods as they struggle for their safety. They need salaries, they need guarantees for protection, they need livelihoods. That is the way everyone will be brought together.
-- Burhan Ghalioun

#Struggle #Army #Safety

Syrians have a national identity beyond the sectarian divide. Syria's national identity would be weaker and poorer if it didn't have this beautiful pluralism between Arabs, Kurds, and sects.
-- Burhan Ghalioun

#Beautiful #Identity

Being someone who prays or fasts doesn't mean you want an Islamic state. Islam in the form of the Iranian state has been defeated in the Arab world. All Islamist movements now want to copy the Turkish model.
-- Burhan Ghalioun

#Islamic #Mean #World

The problem in the Syrian opposition is not between Islamists and non-Islamists. It was the lack of any political experience after 50 years of no political experience. The problem was a lack of political organizations that are truly effective and powerful. This is still a challenge now; it is a weakness in the reality of Syrian political life.
-- Burhan Ghalioun

#Powerful #Reality #Political

The best assurance the role of minorities can be given is that they will not be viewed as minorities but as citizens.
-- Burhan Ghalioun

#Assurance

Syria is the center of the Arab Orient. It cannot live outside its relationship with the Arabian Peninsula, the Gulf countries, Egypt and others. We need economic and investment support from our fellow Arabs the future. Our future is truly tied to the Arab world and the Gulf in particular.
-- Burhan Ghalioun

#Country #Support #World

The Syrian people will never forget those who extended their hand to help them rid of their dictatorship. The Syrian people also would love to be friends with all nations. I think the new Syria will contribute greatly to the return of regional stability and the birth of common development with Arab nations and the region. The only exception is those countries that still harm the Syrian peoples and take some of their rights. We are looking for a region where cooperation, prosperity, and peace flourish.
-- Burhan Ghalioun

#Country #Thinking #People

Quote words that affirm all men and women are your brothers and sisters.

When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.

The best way to be more free is to grant more freedom to others.

The most fitting monuments this nation can build are schoolhouses and homes for those who do the work of the world. It is no answer to say that they are accustomed to rags and hunger. In this world of plenty every human being has a right to food, clothes, decent shelter, and the rudiments of education.

No attempt must be made to encase man, for it is his destiny to be set free.

To no human charter am I indebted for my rights.

Democracy is not just constitutional and legislative rules; it is a culture and practice and adhering by the law and respecting international human rights principles.

It is my aspiration that health finally will be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for.

If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing.

Happy is the house that shelters a friend.