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 III believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what’s going on.
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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.
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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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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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There are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East.
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Political development should start at the grassroots.
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Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed.
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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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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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Earth’s dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.
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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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My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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I like to look at the glass half full.
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That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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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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Wikileaks didn’t help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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