“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.”

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.

If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.

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.

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.

I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.

What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.

At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That’s the only way to defeat terrorism.

It’s a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.

I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.

Ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children’s?

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.

You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.

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.

The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.

We have peace with Israel. We’re actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking,

Remember you don’t do anything in isolation.

We know our job. We are grinders and we are physical and we need to make their (defense) look back over their shoulders.

When things go wrong or dont turn out the way you pictured them in your head, you just have to go with the best intentions defense. I have a lot of good intentions.

The Clintons opposed gay marriage. They did don’t ask, don’t tell. They did the Defense of Marriage Act.

They scored 26 points in three quarters. That’s solid defense.

Right is its own defense.

We are using missile defense to protect our civilians, and they’re using their civilians to protect their missiles.

Then when I fire, you see, I have the verdict of self-defence on my side. I know that he is pretty certain in his hurry, to miss. I never do.

I voted for the Defense of Marriage Act but I do not believe we should institutionalize a form of discrimination against any minority by amending the Constitution.