Wikileaks didn’t help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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More Abdullah II Quotes
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There is resistance to change. There’s a resistance to ideas.
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In our view, successful reform is not an event. It is a sustainable process that will build on its own successes – a virtuous cycle of change.
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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.
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That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound.
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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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And it’s about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people. Because today, if you’re appointed by the king, they don’t feel that they’re responsible for the people.
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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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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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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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Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.
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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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Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered.
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Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.
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