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.
ABDULLAH IIAt the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That’s the only way to defeat terrorism.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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I like to look at the glass half full.
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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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My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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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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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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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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Political development should start at the grassroots.
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If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.
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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?
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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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I’m not the type of person that is forced.
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Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan.
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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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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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