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 IINo 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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We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people who say that the only democracy you can have in the Middle East is the Muslim Brotherhood.
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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.
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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. … There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king.
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Ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children’s?
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Prime Minister Sharon, Prime Minister Abbas, I urge you today to end the designs of those who seek destruction, annihilation and occupation, and I urge you to have the will and the courage to begin to realize our dreams of peace, prosperity and coexistence.
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My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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Extremists, who thrive on conflict; who do not tolerate diversity; who seek power through division and destruction.
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The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country.
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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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At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That’s the only way to defeat terrorism.
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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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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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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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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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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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