"You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind." ― Bashar al-Assad Topic(s): Society More From Bashar al-Assad "Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land courageously." "We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs." "When we analyze this war in a materialistic way and ask when is it going to end and who will be the winner and the loser, it means that we do not see the endgame." More In Society "Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society."― Hubert H. Humphrey "This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society."― David Hume "There’s an unconscious bias in our society: girls are wonderful; boys are terrible. And to be a boy, or young man, growing up, having to listen to all this, it must be painful."― Doris Lessing