Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered.
ABDULLAH III think the success of democracy is not really police security; it’s the presence of a broad middle class.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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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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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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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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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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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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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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Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
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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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Remember you don’t do anything in isolation.
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I’m not the type of person that is forced.
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When there’s a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming to pick up the pieces.
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The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country.
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Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope.
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The global system they hope to create is one of new walls and new isolation, and radically smaller horizons. It is an anti-democratic, anti-economic-growth, and anti-progress agenda.
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