We’re never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
ABDULLAH III think the success of democracy is not really police security; it’s the presence of a broad middle class.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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When you get billions in aid and your weapons resupplied and your ammunition stock resupplied, you don’t learn the lesson that war is bad and nobody wins.
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If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.
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Political development should start at the grassroots.
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I like to look at the glass half full.
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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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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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It’s a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.
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I believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what’s going on.
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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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Earth’s dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.
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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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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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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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Our response has been, “Well, let’s then make an effort to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to sit around the table.” That hasn’t happened. So we only have ourselves to blame for this crisis.
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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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