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.
ABDULLAH IIIf 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.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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Remember you don’t do anything in isolation.
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Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
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I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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We have peace with Israel. We’re actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking,
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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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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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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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My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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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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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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All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.
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You’re always going to have terrorism.
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We have no right to dictate, through irresponsible action or narrow-mindedness, the future of our children, and our children’s children. There has been enough destruction, enough death, enough waste.
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The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.
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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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