I’m easily entertained.
ABDULLAH IIAnd it’s about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people. Because today, if you’re appointed by the king, they don’t feel that they’re responsible for the people.
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I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it’s the presence of a broad middle class.
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Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.
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That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.
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The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground.
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I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction.
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Wikileaks didn’t help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited.
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I believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what’s going on.
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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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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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The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.
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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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When you get billions in aid and your weapons resupplied and your ammunition stock resupplied, you don’t learn the lesson that war is bad and nobody wins.
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Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.
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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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There are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East.
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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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We have peace with Israel. We’re actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking,
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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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I think it’s almost impossible for any expert to predict for the rapid changes we see in the Middle East. They are rapid and they will continue for quite a while.
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When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.
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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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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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When we try to push the envelope, there are certain sectors of society that say this is a Zionist plot to sort of destabilize our country, or this is an American agenda.
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