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We have peace with Israel. We’re actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking,

Abdullah II

We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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Always Choice Humanity People Right
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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Able Evil Rid Terrorism World
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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Challenge Economic Emotional Issue Rate Spring Unemployment
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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Country Energy None Nuclear Peaceful
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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Confrontation Consequences Costly Destruction Loss Past Road Year
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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Believe Energy Exactly Jordan Nuclear Partnership
All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.
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Achieve Jordan Need Pledge Stop
The stronger the middle class of a people is, the less you have to worry about one group coming in and exploiting the democratic process for its own ends.
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Class Coming Democratic Exploiting Middle People Process Stronger
Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.
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Country International Israel Recognize Thinking United Nation World
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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Blowing Demolition Home Moving Need Palestinian
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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Annihilation Design Destruction Dream Occupation
I’ve benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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Benefited Both Culture East Societies West
There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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Different Many Societies Sub Syria
Earth’s dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.
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Global Intellectual Justice Meaningless Satisfaction Target
When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.
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Better Democracy Eager Hope Need Opportunity People Want
I think the success of democracy is not really police security; it’s the presence of a broad middle class.
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Class Democracy People Police Pressure Security Success Thinking
There is resistance to change. There’s a resistance to ideas.
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Change Idea Resistance
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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Ambition Israel Moving Occupation President Prime Minister State Two Violence
For me, I am left leaning when it comes to health and education, on the right when it comes to defense. So I don’t know where I come on the political spectrum. And I think this the challenge that a lot of Jordanians have to deal with.
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Challenge Defense Education Health Learning Political Thinking
I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
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Agree Debate People Thinking Tolerance Zero
Extremists, who thrive on conflict; who do not tolerate diversity; who seek power through division and destruction.
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Destruction Diversity Extremist Growth Power Seek Wall
Remember you don’t do anything in isolation.
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Anything Challenge Isolation Remember
The Middle East has the highest unemployment percentage of any region in the world we have the largest youth cohort of history coming into the market place t
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Frustration History Jobs Largest People Unemployment Youth
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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Create Democratic Global Hope Horizon Isolation New Radically Smaller System Wall
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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Defeat Hope Iraq Stability Terrorism
There are going to be a lot of questions, not just in my country, but across the Middle East.
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Country East Forward Middle Moving Spring
My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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End never People Use View Violence Well

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