Extremists, who thrive on conflict; who do not tolerate diversity; who seek power through division and destruction.
ABDULLAH IIWe have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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Political development should start at the grassroots.
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I’m easily entertained.
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Our response has been, “Well, let’s then make an effort to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to sit around the table.” That hasn’t happened. So we only have ourselves to blame for this crisis.
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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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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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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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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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I personally believe that any country that has a nuclear program should conform to international regulations and should have international regulatory bodies that check to make sure that any nuclear program moves in the right direction.
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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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I like to look at the glass half full.
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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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At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That’s the only way to defeat terrorism.
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It’s a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.
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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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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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