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.
ABDULLAH IIThere are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East.
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Political development should start at the grassroots.
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You’re always going to have terrorism.
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The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground.
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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. … There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king.
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Wikileaks didn’t help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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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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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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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 look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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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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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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There is resistance to change. There’s a resistance to ideas.
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The brave pilot gave his life defending his faith, country and nation and joined other Jordanian martyrs who gave their lives for Jordan.
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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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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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