I’ve benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
ABDULLAH III 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.
More Abdullah II Quotes
-
-
Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
ABDULLAH II -
It’s a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.
ABDULLAH II -
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.
ABDULLAH II -
Remember you don’t do anything in isolation.
ABDULLAH II -
My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
ABDULLAH II -
You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.
ABDULLAH II -
Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.
ABDULLAH II -
It’s a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I’m not going to drop the ball on my shift.
ABDULLAH II -
I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
ABDULLAH II -
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.
ABDULLAH II -
That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
ABDULLAH II -
There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
ABDULLAH II -
I like to look at the glass half full.
ABDULLAH II -
It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.
ABDULLAH II -
The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited. … There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king.
ABDULLAH II