Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings,
ABDULLAH IIChemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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There is resistance to change. There’s a resistance to ideas.
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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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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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No 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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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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When there’s a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming to pick up the pieces.
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And no 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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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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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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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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You’re always going to have terrorism.
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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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I like to look at the glass half full.
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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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