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.
ABDULLAH IIChemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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Wikileaks didn’t help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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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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I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
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I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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The Middle East has the highest unemployment percentage of any region in the world we have the largest youth cohort of history coming into the market place t
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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 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.
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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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I’m not the type of person that is forced.
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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.
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That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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Remember you don’t do anything in isolation.
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There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it’s about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.
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I’m just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it’s very difficult to predict what the outcome is.
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