It’s a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.
ABDULLAH IIWe 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.
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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You’re always going to have extremists in every religion.
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There is resistance to change. There’s a resistance to ideas.
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I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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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 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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We have no right to dictate, through irresponsible action or narrow-mindedness, the future of our children, and our children’s children. There has been enough destruction, enough death, enough waste.
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I’ve benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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I like to look at the glass half full.
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When you get billions in aid and your weapons resupplied and your ammunition stock resupplied, you don’t learn the lesson that war is bad and nobody wins.
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I think it’s almost impossible for any expert to predict for the rapid changes we see in the Middle East. They are rapid and they will continue for quite a while.
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Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
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I’m easily entertained.
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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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