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.
ABDULLAH IIIn our view, successful reform is not an event. It is a sustainable process that will build on its own successes – a virtuous cycle of change.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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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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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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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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You’re always going to have 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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I’m not the type of person that is forced.
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I don’t think the Middle East could afford another war.
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Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.
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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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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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The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground.
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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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It’s a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I’m not going to drop the ball on my shift.
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I like to look at the glass half full.
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Is Israel going to continue to be “Fortress Israel”? Or, as we all hope, become accepted into the neighborhood, which I believe is the only way we can move forward in harmony.
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