It’s a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I’m not going to drop the ball on my shift.
ABDULLAH III think it’s almost impossible for any expert to predict for the rapid changes we see in the Middle East. They are rapid and they will continue for quite a while.
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Whenever you have a crisis, you’re always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.
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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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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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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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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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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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Extremists, who thrive on conflict; who do not tolerate diversity; who seek power through division and destruction.
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You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.
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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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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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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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There are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East.
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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings,
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