We’re never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
ABDULLAH IIThere are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.
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You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.
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I’m easily entertained.
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If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work — because if they don’t, they won’t be around the next time the ballot box is open.
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I believe strongly in the rights of women… my mother is a woman, my sister is a woman, my daughter is a woman, my wife is a woman.
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My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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Is Israel going to continue to be ‘Fortress Israel’? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony.
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We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people who say that the only democracy you can have in the Middle East is the Muslim Brotherhood.
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I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.
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Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.
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Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings,
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And no matter what’s happening in the Middle East – the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment – the emotional, critical issue is always the Israeli-Palestinian one.
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No matter what’s happening in the Middle East – the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment – the emotional, critical issue is always the Israeli-Palestinian one.
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If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.
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Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound.
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