Today more than ever we need creative minds to address the issues of the age. And one of the most urgent is this: How can humanity know so much, achieve so much, and still fail so many people so badly?
ABDULLAH IIWe’re never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
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That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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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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Wikileaks didn’t help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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Whenever you have a crisis, you’re always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.
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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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The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it’s two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it’s a good thing.
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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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Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.
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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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I’m easily entertained.
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I like to look at the glass half full.
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Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
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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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We’re never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
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Each country its cost analysis is going to be different. So what we are you seeing in Syria, for example, is different than what’s going on in Jordan. The maps are being rewritten.
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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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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 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 is resistance to change. There’s a resistance to ideas.
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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered.
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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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Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.
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In our view, successful reform is not an event. It is a sustainable process that will build on its own successes – a virtuous cycle of change.
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For me, I am left leaning when it comes to health and education, on the right when it comes to defense. So I don’t know where I come on the political spectrum. And I think this the challenge that a lot of Jordanians have to deal with.
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Remember you don’t do anything in isolation.
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