Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered.
ABDULLAH IIWhen 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.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.
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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 incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country.
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For me, I am left leaning when it comes to health and education, on the right when it comes to defense. So I don’t know where I come on the political spectrum. And I think this the challenge that a lot of Jordanians have to deal with.
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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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Wikileaks didn’t help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.
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Ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children’s?
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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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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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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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I like to look at the glass half full.
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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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