I believe strongly in the rights of women… my mother is a woman, my sister is a woman, my daughter is a woman, my wife is a woman.
ABDULLAH IIWhen 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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I’ve benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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Each country its cost analysis is going to be different. So what we are you seeing in Syria, for example, is different than what’s going on in Jordan. The maps are being rewritten.
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My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.
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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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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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We’re never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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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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I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
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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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That frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
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At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That’s the only way to defeat terrorism.
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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope.
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