There is resistance to change. There’s a resistance to ideas.
ABDULLAH IIRemember you don’t do anything in isolation.
More Abdullah II Quotes
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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 easily entertained.
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No matter what’s happening in the Middle East – the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment – the emotional, critical issue is always the Israeli-Palestinian one.
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Extremists, who thrive on conflict; who do not tolerate diversity; who seek power through division and destruction.
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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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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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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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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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Blowing up buses will not induce the Israelis to move forward, and neither will the killing of Palestinians or the demolition of their homes and their future.
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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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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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I’ve benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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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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I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
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