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There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it’s about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.

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.
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Hard Kings Monarchy Official Responsibility Son Tendency Work
It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.
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Always Anybody Dangerous Underestimate
If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.
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Conflict Intelligence Look Military National Position
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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Arab Challenge East Economic Happening High Middle Rate Spring Unemployment
I’m just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it’s very difficult to predict what the outcome is.
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Country Difficult Military Outcome Predict
I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
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Agree Debate People Thinking Tolerance Zero
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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Confrontation Consequences Costly Destruction Loss Past Road Year
Blowing up buses will not induce the Israelis to move forward, and neither will the killing of Palestinians or the demolition of their homes and their future.
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Blowing Demolition Home Moving Need Palestinian
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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Cycle Event Process Success Successful View Virtuous
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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Country Energy None Nuclear Peaceful
Political development should start at the grassroots.
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Development Grassroot Political Start
The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited.
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Hand Inherited Monarchy Same Son
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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Accepted Believe Continue Fortress Neighbourhood Only Way
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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Believe Country International Moving Personally Regulation
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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Believe Daughter Mother Right Sister Wife Woman
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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Able Evil Rid Terrorism World

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