It’s a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.
ABDULLAH IIPolitical development should start at the grassroots.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.
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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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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it’s two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it’s a good thing.
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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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I’m easily entertained.
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You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.
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I like to look at the glass half full.
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We want to be, I think, an example for the rest of the Arab world, because there are a lot of people who say that the only democracy you can have in the Middle East is the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Whenever you have a crisis, you’re always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.
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I’m not the type of person that is forced.
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We have peace with Israel. We’re actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking,
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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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Prime Minister Sharon, Prime Minister Abbas, I urge you today to end the designs of those who seek destruction, annihilation and occupation, and I urge you to have the will and the courage to begin to realize our dreams of peace, prosperity and coexistence.
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