If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
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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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction.
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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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Mr. President, prime ministers, let us have ambitions: ambitions to move beyond the violence and occupation, to the day when two states, Palestine and Israel, can live together side by side in peace and security.
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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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I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
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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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I personally believe that any country that has a nuclear program should conform to international regulations and should have international regulatory bodies that check to make sure that any nuclear program moves in the right direction.
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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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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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There is resistance to change. There’s a resistance to ideas.
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Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
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You’re always going to have terrorism.
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I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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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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