All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.
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More Abdullah II Quotes
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Political development should start at the grassroots.
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I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
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If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.
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It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.
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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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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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I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it’s the presence of a broad middle class.
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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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It’s a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.
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If 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.
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Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
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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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Each country its cost analysis is going to be different. So what we are you seeing in Syria, for example, is different than what’s going on in Jordan. The maps are being rewritten.
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Wikileaks didn’t help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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